Independent teams should have a place beside storied names from men’s soccer even as the women’s game develops rapidly, the organization of Europe’s top clubs said Monday. The competition figures to get only tougher for the long-standing independents after Juventus and Real Madrid bought into women’s soccer in the past four years. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCreating new clubs is one of six key goals in a strategy for women’s soccer published by the European Club Association, which represents around 250 men’s clubs. Marshall acknowledged the bigger men’s clubs would continue to invest in women’s soccer and "that is not something that is going to be prevented or indeed should be prevented." The ECA strategy also seeks to run more medical research and data analysis projects that are currently lacking in women’s soccer.

Source: Fox News March 29, 2021 14:03 UTC