Spanish Soccer’s Toxic Chief Is One Of Many

Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
Sat, 08/26/2023 - 10:46am

Spain’s victory over England in last Sunday’s World Cup final was an exclamation point on the country’s rapid ascent in the hierarchy of women’s soccer. The country only qualified for its first women’s World Cup in 2015, and won its first match in the knockout stage of the competition just this month.

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