Professionalism in women's association football
History of women's sport professionalization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with professionalism in association football as played by men.
Like men's association football, women's football had amateur origins, but faced bans in several nations that slowed its growth and professionalization compared to professionalism in the men's sport. Growth in the women's league game intensified since the end of the 20th century alongside the profile of the FIFA Women's World Cup introduced in 1991.[3]