where women can compete on equal terms in any sport then 'the gender barrier' will be increasingly challenged
one distant day a woman will come along who is good enough (and tough enough) to be taken seriously in the beautiful game and the walls will come tumbling down
it's inevitable like women refs, commentators, sailors at sea, chief execs, prime ministers etc etc etc
lets face it ''soccer'' is becoming a non-contact sport anyway which will play into their hands
but it's a long long way off thankfully cos I prefer things as they are