Vecsey tells a bit about the WUSA's founder, John Hendricks. He fell in love with the game, but "[a]t the cost of millions of dollars, he came to realize that there was precious little corporate money either for female athletes or for soccer."

Vecsey continues:

"I would have bet that waves of young women and their families would flock to W.U.S.A. games in places like suburban Long Island, where I live. But attendance for the New York Power was a disaster, and the league cut jobs, whittled salaries and wheedled corporate America for sponsorships that did not materialize."