5th Most Important Moment in Sports for 2013

REAL SPORTS, The Authority in Women's Sports, released its 11th Annual edition of the Most Important Moments in Sports.  Coming in at number 5 is "Turf Wars".

Led by the Americans, 2013 brought an outcry by women’s players that the 2015 Women’s World Cup would be played — all 52 matches — on artificial turf.  Among the complaints were charges of discrimination, including the statement  that men’s matches would never be allowed on anything but good, green grass.  Actually, men’s matches have been played on artificial surfaces, including hybrid surfaces during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa...

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What makes “Turf Wars” a Most Important Moment in Women’s Sports for 2013 is the way in which FIFA responded to the criticism and what FIFA is or is not doing to market host country interest for the Women’s World Cup.

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