So now comes the question that always comes for women’s soccer in America after a World Cup: Can a domestic women’s soccer league find a television audience after Sunday?



One of the truisms of the Olympics and the World Cup is the U.S. sporting public moves on from both very quickly.



That has been especially true for the United States women’s National Team, as dominant a sports program as we have seen this decade. On Sunday in Lyon, the U.S. women defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to win its second consecutive women’s World Cup. The game was viewed by millions on over-the-air Fox and the only question is whether the viewership number will top the U.S.-Japan final four years ago, the most-watched soccer broadcast in U.S. television history (25.4 million viewers). The reality is given the time difference — Lyon is six hours ahead — and the start time (11 a.m. EST) of the final, the U.S.-Netherlands will not set a new record. The numbers,...