"Do women in other countries just not play as much soccer as US women?" Basically, yes. Women don't generally play that many sports in most countries. Even in

"Do women in other countries just not play as much soccer as US women?" Basically, yes. Women don't generally play that many sports in most countries. Even in W. Europe, surprisingly not a lot of football. There are some exceptions here and there: skiing in Austria and XCountry skiing in Scandinavia ... The issue with US soccer is mostly the anomaly of the fact there are other, way bigger sports like US football, basketball etc. that people focus on. Even in hockey - Sweden, Czech, Russia - with great men's teams ... their women's team are not good and it's all Canada vs. USA in that sport for women. That said ... it's still weird that the US cannot field a competent team. I mean there are 300 million Americans, a lot of central/south American types, tons of cash, a deep field for most sports. It is a little odd.