YEREVAN. – The US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern joined the debate on girl soccer players.

“Our 4 daughters (+1 son) all played football in US. Important part of their development,” he tweeted.  

“When US women won football World Cup in 1991 and 1999 it was source of great national pride. US law on equal funding for girl+boy sports huge boost to female athletes.”

He said this is the major reason why US women do so well in Olympics and international tourneys.

Earlier president of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan said he is focused on male football only. He assumed that the Armenian men “would never take his daughter to football.”