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Comparative Study of Women' s Soccer between Japan and the U.S.A. ( I ) A History and the Present Condition of Women' s Soccer in the U.S.A.- TOMEI Yumi*, IRIGUCHI Yutaka **, and YAMASHINA Hanae *** * Dentsu INC., Tokyo 104-8426, Japan ** Division of Health and Physical Education, Course for School Teacher, Osaka Kyoiku University,Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582 Japan * * * Master's program of Education, Osaka Kyoiku University The purposes of these studies are to examine a history, the present condition, and the future of Women's Soccer between Japan and the U.S.A.. In the U.S.A., women's soccer has become one of the most popular women's sports and the professional women's soccer league (WUSA, the Women's United Soccer Association) was started in April, 2001. Especially, The purpose of this paper is to examine a history and the present condition of women's soccer in the U.S.A.. The finding and discussions on the following topics are presented in this paper: 1. The development of women's soccer in the U.S.A. (1) A background of the development of women's sports in the U.S.A. (2) Title D( (3) A guide to gender equity of NAGW (National Association for Girls and Women in Sport) 2. A history of women's soccer in the U.S.A. (1) Origin of women's soccer in the U.S.A. (2) Position of women's soccer in the U.S.A. (3) Establishment of the professional women' s soccer league (WUSA) 3. Women's World Cup Soccer Tournament and the national team of the U.S.A. (1) A history of women's the national team of the U.S.A. (2) A great success of Women's World Cup Soccer Tournament in 1999. (3) Treatment of women's soccer players of the national team Key Words: women's soccer, U.S.A., comparative study, gender equity