In 1971, tens of thousands of fans filled Estadio Azteca in Mexico City to watch soccer. It was two decades before the U.S. women took home the inaugural FIFA Women’s World Cup championship title ...
"Why didn't I know about this?" wonders U.S. soccer legend and two-time Women's World Cup Winner Brandi Chastain early on in Copa 71. She is watching footage of the 1971 Women's World Cup, held in ...
This new documentary unearths footage from a World Cup event that even veteran players didn’t know about. It’s both exhilarating and infuriating. By Alissa Wilkinson “Copa 71” begins with Brandi ...
Credits: Directed by James Erskine and Rachel Ramsay, featuring Brandi Chastain, Carol Wilson, Elena Schiavo, Sylvia Zaragoza. Rating/Runtime: Rated R, 91 minutes. Screening at the Magic Lantern ...
The year was 1971. The venue: Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The event: the (unofficial) Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, attracting a massive crowd of more than 110,000 madly-cheering fans – to ...
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Read up on the latest Copa 71 News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Despite breaking records, the history of the 1971 women’s World Cup in Mexico City has been hidden away. This ...