Bardsley, who was born and raised in California, believes there is no reason why women cannot train alongside men at academy level in order to help that development. "I trained with some great keepers at college, alongside full-grown men, and it helped me 100%," she said. 'Standards have risen incredibly' - NevilleThe standard of women's goalkeeping has once again been debated at the World Cup. Chelsea boss Emma Hayes believes that goals should be made smaller to compensate for women generally being smaller than men. Neville said: "Goalkeepers in women's football get a lot of criticism but the Argentina goalkeeper produced a performance of world-class ability.

Source: BBC June 15, 2019 21:33 UTC