This Sunday, England and Spain will face-off in the final match of the 2023 Women's World Cup. It's the first time either team has ever made it to the championship game.
And with typically dominant teams including the U.S. and Germany making early exits from the tournament, some sports experts are saying this marks a new era in women's soccer. "I think it says so much [about] the development of the game," said Sonja Missio, the co-founder of the soccer publication Unusual Efforts. "There's all this new attention on the game.
All these countries that wouldn't necessarily, you know, pay attention to as much before are now having all of these eyes on the game," she told The Current's guest host Catherine Cullen.
Broadcasters reported breaking viewership records for Women's World Cup games, including an estimated 6.43 million people watching the U.S.-Netherlands match according to Fox News.