Raising Our Game in Argentina: Turning women's league pro

Agremiados, which has a fully-equipped medical facility in Buenos Aires, has given all players a medical check-up and is providing advice about their contracts that give them the same employment rights as male players, Stella Juncos, a lawyer for the player union, said.

“The conditions of women players have improved significantly,” Juncos said. “Now young girls who play football have idols who are women. They don’t want to be like Messi, they want to be like players in the women’s national team.”

To start the professional league, the federation agreed to contribute 120,000 pesos ($1,600) per month to each of the 16 women’s clubs, allowing them to pay a minimum salary to a minimum of eight players per squad.

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