Anger over a narrow field used for a National Womens Soccer League match last weekend is drawing attention to larger issues as players fight for respect.U.S. national team and NWSL stars Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe were among those using social media to declare the field unacceptable. More broadly, Solo, the U.S. national team and Seattle Reign goalkeeper who has been vocal about gender equity in her sport, took to her website to decry conditions for players in the NWSL, now in its fourth season and widely considered one of the worlds strongest womens leagues.Solo posted photos of fields with crooked lines, sad locker rooms and cleats that she said had melted after practice on an unwatered artificial turf field on a sweltering summer day.The `We know things arent up to par, but were going ahead with them anyway, attitude, quite honestly, is a fairly accurate reflection of how the NWSL has functioned during the four years of its existence, Solo wrote. Its far past time that the women in our league start being treated like professional athletes -- otherwise, we might as well just admit that the NWSL is just a semi-pro league, and stop pretending like its the best womens league in the world.The NWSL did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment on Solos blog.Saturdays match between the Western New York Flash and Reign was played at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York, a minor-league baseball stadium. The Flash had to move the match because of a concert at their regular field.The field measured 100 yards by 58 yards. But NWSL standards call for a width of 70 yards.Images of the soccer field -- angled in the outfield -- quickly spread over social media, attracting the attention of U.S. national team players who had earlier in the day defeated South Africa in an exhibition to prepare for the Rio Olympics. National team players are allocated across the NWSL, but werent with their club teams this weekend because of the match.Lloyd, who plays for the Houston Dash, called the field shocking and embarrassing on Twitter. Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride) and Rapinoe (Reign) also weighed in, calling it unacceptable.Christine Sinclair, who plays for the Canadian national team and the NWSLs Portland Thorns, posted: How is this ok? Not good enough for professional soccer. 6v6 field?NWSL Commissioner Jeff Plush said in a statement following the match that the league had signed off on the move, but admitted it was the wrong decision in retrospect.As a professional league, we need to ensure that the integrity of the game is always respected both on and off the field, Plush said. We did not do that tonight and we apologize to the NWSL players, coaches and fans.No other womens professional league in the United States has lasted as long as the NWSL. It gets support from the U.S. and Canadian soccer federations, which pay the salaries of the national team players. But the league continues to experience growing pains -- including ongoing efforts to attract big-name sponsors.The field issue comes at a time when female players have been rallying for better treatment.Before the Womens World Cup last summer in Canada, former U.S. forward Abby Wambach led a group of player in protesting the artificial turf playing surface for the event. Players consider artificial turf inferior to natural grass.The group filed a complaint in Canadian court, arguing that staging the event on the surface amounted to discrimination because the men play the World Cup on grass, but it was ultimately dropped before the tournament so that players could continue preparations.Earlier this year, national team players filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming wage discrimination. 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LOS ANGELES -- For a Rams team beginning its search for a new head coach, this is a time to dream.Unless it involves Pete Carroll, apparently.The Seattle Seahawks coach, a California native who famously resurrected the Southern California program, said on Tuesdays conference call that he had no comment to reports that the Rams would love to hire him to replace Jeff Fisher, who was fired Monday. Asked if he would like to rule the possibility out entirely, Carroll laughed and said, Yes.Carroll is 65, in the first year of an extension that runs through 2019 and in an envied spot as the coach of a team that recently made back-to-back trips to the Super Bowl.Carroll has been one of several big-name coaches linked to the Rams in the past 24 hours.Another was Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, who previously helped develop Andrew Luck at Stanford and Alex Smith with the San Francisco 49ers. But a source very close to Harbaugh told Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report that Harbaugh isnt leaving Michigan and may never leave Michigan.Another is New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who served in the same capacity with the Rams in 2011 but was let go along with then-coach Steve Spagnuolo after one season. McDaniels, head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2010, said in November that he would definitely love to be a head coach again if its at the right place and right time.McDaniels was asked Tuesday about the Rams opening, but didnt really entertain the thought,, saying: I have a short week to get ready for a great opponent and Im focused on the Broncos.dddddddddddd I know there are a lot of things going on out there, but my focus and my attention is going to stay right here in the building on the team that we have to get ready for and how we can prepare our team to play the best they can on Sunday.Fisher was let go 13 games into his fifth season with the organization. The Rams were coming off a 42-14 blowout loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons, giving them eight defeats in a span of nine games. It was Fishers 165th career loss, tying him with Dan Reeves for the NFL record.Fisher signed a contract extension through 2018 before the start of the regular season, but the Rams first season back in Los Angeles quickly unraveled, prompting his dismissal three days before facing Carrolls Seahawks on the road.First and foremost, I want to thank [owner] Stan Kroenke for the opportunity to be part of this organization the last four and a half years, Fisher said in a statement released to ESPN. I want to thank the entire football staff as it has been a privilege to work with each one of them day in and day out. I especially want to thank all the players. They are a great group of men that I respect, and that I will greatly miss. My hope is that each one of the players experience great success in the future. ' ' '