USA star and two-time World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe has slammed Manchester United for their delay in forming a women's team.
The Women's Super League has seen a dramatic rise in popularity over the last few years, but United only created their own team in the summer of 2018 - eight years after the initial formation of the WSL.
Since then, United have achieved promotion to the top flight and Casey Stoney's team are now top of the WSL after six matches of the current campaign.
Although they have enjoyed a successful start, even managing to recruit two of the USA's top stars in Christen Press and Tobin Heath this summer, Rapinoe insists they - and others in England - need to do more to support the women's game.
'I think women's football in England is the same as in America,' Rapinoe told the BBC. 'It is so far behind because of what we've had to overcome in the lack of investment.
'It's 2020. How long has the Premier League been around? And we're only just seeing a club like Manchester United put effort and pounds towards a women's team? Frankly, it's disgraceful.'
The outspoken Rapinoe is not afraid to share her views and hit the headlines four years ago when she took the knee in support of Colin Kaepernick and his fight against police brutality and racial injustice in America.
'I'm proud of it, to be honest. I'm proud of speaking my mind and doing the right thing. I feel this is how change is made,' Rapinoe added.
'Any time I have someone try to explain or argue with me about kneeling or arguing, it's just an incoherent, fumbling, patriotic mess, right?
'Taking a knee sharpened my understanding of what I did, how I supported Colin and sharpened my resolve in that.'