Huddle up! VIDEO REPORT: CNN's Anne McDermott looks into the excitement sparked by the U.S. women's soccer team Windows Media 28K 80K  ALSO: CNN/SI: Womens World Cup

July 9, 1999
Web posted at: 9:17 p.m. EDT (0117 GMT)

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A sellout crowd will attend the championship game of the 1999 Women's World Cup this weekend at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. With some 90,000 expected to attend, it will be the biggest crowd ever for a women-only sporting event.

President Clinton used his political power to get a last- minute ticket. But other fans are turning to scalpers -- with one desperate seat seeker offering to pay $1,000 for a ticket.

So why does it seem that the whole world wants to watch women play soccer ?

Watch Correspondent Anne McDermott's report on what may be fueling the frenzy over females on the soccer field.

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