WINNIPEG, Manitoba If the first FIFA press conference for the 2015 Women’s World Cup was any indication, the scandal currently enveloping Sepp Blatter and FIFA is going to cast a long shadow over this tournament.Case in point: It took only two questions from the international media to put Victor Montagliani, president of the Canadian Soccer Association, on the spot. Summing up the air of international suspicion, Montagliani was asked: “Were bribes paid by Canada to host this tournament?””This World Cup?” Montagliani said. “No. Absolutely not.”On it went like this for the next 40 minutes, even as FIFA spokeswoman Ségolène Valentin tried — in vain — to get journalists to focus on the Women’s World Cup, not the downfall of FIFA’s kingpins amidst an emerging picture of widespread corruption.”Can we start on women’s football?” FIFA officials begged, to no avail.Maybe it’s a blessing. Maybe it’s a curse. The attention on international women’s soccer this June will be viewed through the prism of FIFA’s corruption, but at least it will give the women another opportunity to plead their case. After all, this particular World Cup began with questions about equality. While the women have all attempted to steer clear of FIFA’s historic fall, their valor…