AUCKLAND : Soccer-playing mums will be front-and-centre when the Women's World Cup kicks off this week in Australia and New Zealand after tenuous progress since the 2019 tournament for working mothers. United States co-captain Alex Morgan will be travelling with her three-year-old daughter Charlie.
AUCKLAND : Soccer-playing mums will be front-and-centre when the Women's World Cup kicks off this week in Australia and New Zealand after tenuous progress since the 2019 tournament for working mothers."I'm really grateful for the women before me that fought for mom athletes," said Morgan."It's still kind of uncharted territory. So we're still trying to break down some barriers that exist.
But while rules can help a player's career stability, changing the"culture of the sport" is more complicated, said Ali Bowes, a senior lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Bowes co-authored a 2021 study that showed professional women footballers in England also have concerns that they must choose between being a parent and a professional athlete.
Midfielder Amel Majri, the first player to report to the France national team with a child after she gave birth in 2022, will be part of the country's bid for a first World Cup title.
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