When I was 6 years old, I played on a coed indoor team. We were called the Cosmos. And then, after that, when I was 7, I played on an all-girls club team.
I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.
There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.
I'd recommend for any little girl starting out to play with the boys as long as possible.
I don't look at it as a man's sport because the women play as well. It's an open sport.
I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In high school, I played co-ed soccer and basketball. I really enjoyed both of those sports, but I have to admit basketball wasn't my calling.
At Barcelona, all men's and women's teams have the same style and philosophy.
To me, mixed doubles is an undervalued tennis product. You have guys and girls playing on the same level, no handicaps. The guys aren't feeling bad for the girls. The girls pick on the guys. It's generally amazing tennis.
Maybe we can see more men's and women's combined events so the young players can be marketed better.
Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.
