{"id":221095,"date":"2026-03-15T19:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:23:35","slug":"why-is-womens-soccer-excluded-from-sports-the-rampage-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221095\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Women\u2019s Soccer Excluded From Sports? \u2013 The Rampage Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rise in popularity of women\u2019s sports is a recent concept. It was only in 1972 when it became a federal law<\/a> that schools must give women equal opportunities in sports. Title IX may have given women sports equity but does that mean women and men\u2019s sports all have the same playing field?<\/p>\n

Fresno City College\u2019s women\u2019s soccer are ranked top 9 in the nation and are nationally ranked Central Valley Conference Champions<\/a>, yet the FCC soccer field has no lights, and home games play at 3 p.m. leaving women\u2019s soccer at a disadvantage for home game attendees making it difficult to gain a crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertain things have been done the same way for so long that it\u2019s hard to make changes,\u201d Women\u2019s Soccer Head Coach, Oliver Germond said.<\/p>\n

Germond\u2019s disappointment over these setbacks is emphasized when looking at the history of women\u2019s soccer and its steady rise in popularity<\/a> in the past five years. Especially when it comes to the youth and how important it is to see women\u2019s soccer gain as much popularity as other competitive sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn general women\u2019s sports don\u2019t get the same attention as men\u2019s sports unless you\u2019re very successful, but the growth of women\u2019s sports have changed,\u201d Germond said.<\/p>\n

The recent renovations made to the softball field weren\u2019t for no reason, they were changed to match the baseball field\u2019s measurements when FCC was sued for not abiding to Title IX<\/a> laws. They also included lights and improved bleachers to match the baseball field.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to me it shouldn\u2019t take Title IX to make those changes, it should be a respect towards women,\u201d Germond said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo of the outside of Women\u2019s Head Soccer Coach Oliver Germond\u2019s office door on March 10. (Photo by: Reoz Marquez<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Noann Morice, the FCC\u2019s women\u2019s soccer attacking midfielder and reporter for the Rampage, said social media plays a big part in why women soccer players aren\u2019t taken seriously. Men constantly making comments online dismissing women\u2019s accomplishments takes a toll on athletes.<\/p>\n

Germond has always felt strongly towards women\u2019s issues in sports and believes it starts in the youth. He urges his athletes to get involved with high school soccer players, volunteering as their coaches, and to read to elementary students at the Reading Across America<\/a> event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just told them how powerful they are as female athletes to give back to the youth. Girls need more mentors that are female athletes,\u201d Germond said.<\/p>\n

Over the years women\u2019s soccer players who have played for FCC have gone on to coach high school soccer and club soccer. As a female athlete being able to coach younger girls is important because they have established that level of relatability, Germond said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emma Connolly, defense player, states that players from all over come to this school just to play for FCC and that it\u2019s impressive how much the program has grown.<\/p>\n

Morice feels the team has built a strong bond and has always done well at making each other feel included.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re like sisters,\u201d Morice said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo of picture framed inside of the Fresno City College gym with an FCC women\u2019s soccer player hitting a goal and the words \u201cRam Strong\u201d under it on March 10. (Photo by: Reoz Marquez<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Germond said youth sports have gotten more competitive as he continued to coach. He said it\u2019s more how you can relate to them, create a good environment and give them the enjoyment of playing while focusing on developing skills needed to be able to advance in the sport instead of winning.<\/p>\n

The challenges that come with training as a woman athlete go beyond the field, not only physically but also mentally draining with the competition and the constant training.<\/p>\n

Skylar Terra who plays forward position for the soccer team said that the intense training and high level of play made it hard to push through the workouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morice added that on top of the rigorous training, there is also an expectation and comparison to the men\u2019s team that drives the women\u2019s soccer team to work hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause we\u2019re women, we probably need to push ourselves without even thinking about it, I do compare myself to the men\u2019s team,\u201d Morice said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connolly explained there is already a popularity gap between men and women soccer, and the nature of the sport pressures the players to exceed expectations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already seen as not as significant in a way, because we are a women\u2019s program we do have to work harder than the men\u2019s program,\u201d Connolly said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rise in popularity of women\u2019s sports is a recent concept. It was only in 1972 when it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-221095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}