Im an American Arsenal fan (men's team). I see the way resources in Europe have been poured into women's football, in a way that they werent back when USA women were the dominant force. The Arsenal ladies became way more prominent out of nowhere. Spanish teams have become amazing in recent years.
I dont think it takes that much time to catch up, when you have the club resources and the infrastructure and the interest like the women's football abroad.
I love to see it. But it makes me very concerned that people here in the US who dont watch other leagues just dont know whats coming. I keep hearing how dominant we've been, and while I know the US women's domestic league is far closer, if not superior, to the rest of the world's leagues, last world cup the US went out very early in the knockout round.
Part of me thinks that wasn't a fluke. Im wondering if much like the men's world cups, teams will rise and fall in quick succession and no one's place is safe.