Soccer's 2 Mile Sprints Are Brutal

Research into women's soccer shows players running for over 10 km per game and sprinting for nearly 3 km.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has a pay cap of just $37,800 per player. That's compared to an average of more than $300,000 for men's Major League Soccer. Furthermore, NWSL has a salary ceiling of just $265,000 for each team - compared to more than $3 million for the men.

 

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