Megan Rapinoe attacks Fifa over World Cup schedule clash

ETEMADONLINE| Megan Rapinoe has launched a scathing attack on Fifa, accusing the game's governing body of "disrespecting" the women's game by scheduling the South and North American confederation men's finals to take place on the same day as Sunday's Women's World Cup final between the USA and the Netherlands.

"It's terrible scheduling, don't you guys feel disrespected?" said the US co-captain.

"It is a terrible idea to put all three on the same day in every way. There are two other finals going on but this is the World Cup final, 'cancel everything day'. I don't know how that happened and I heard somewhere they just didn't think about it, which is the problem. When the World Cup is set so far in advance it's unbelievable. We don't feel the same level of respect that Fifa has for the men or just in general - but good to hear about investment, they should probably double it."

In a statement a Fifa spokesperson said: "The scheduling of the different events has gone through a comprehensive consultancy process that has involved all key stakeholders and taken into account different aspects of both the women's and men's international match calendars. Fifa and the confederations have discussed the respective match schedules in general to minimise any potential timing clashes."

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