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I think also USA players were generally bigger and more physically fit as a team.
Apart from a couple of hilights I didn't see anything of the match itself but looking at a summary online there is also a sense that the scoreline flatters the USA slightly as the majority of the goals were late on and Thailand had effectively crumbled by then.
Yes and the focus on Ashleigh Barty recently would suggest this in other areas. Barty took time out of tennis to play professional cricket and went from being an amateur who played in the back garden to professional in the Big Bash over 2015-16. Now she's won a Grand Slam tennis event. Within the confines of the modern game, I can't imagine this happening in male sport. A guy isn't going to play tennis, get picked for Surrey to bat in the middle order, and then return to tennis after a few years out and win a Grand Slam.
This is not a criticism of female sport: it's a reflection of how it is right now. As it grows, the sport itself will get better.
I've seen the mostly empty grounds at their club matches in this country. Until Women's football gets to a higher standard there will only be minority interest.
To put it in context, Australia, currently FIFA ranked sixth in the world were beaten 7-0 by a 15 year old boys team....
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/australian-womens-national-team-lose-70-to-team-of-15yearold-boys-a3257266.html
And now the first game of the last 16 ends up 1 - 1 after extra time and a penalty shoot-out, and Norway beat Australia by 4 - 1. I wonder how many more there will be now that the minnows have gone.