{"id":1571500,"date":"2022-07-26T11:35:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571500"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:36:46","slug":"fact-check-was-megan-rapinoe-kicked-off-the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-for-assaulting-another-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-megan-rapinoe-kicked-off-the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-for-assaulting-another-player\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was Megan Rapinoe Kicked Off The U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Team For Assaulting Another Player?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-megan-rapinoe-kicked-off-the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-for-assaulting-another-player%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571500&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2019-07-08T221822Z_860525766_RC12CEBA5190_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLD-CUP-USA-scaled-e1658757431219.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eddie.cosper.9\/posts\/pfbid0bjFuCsjn7EyZvToVp2hFpyY9GCb4rrW3NLZffhdxRyxteXbynetCfguf5Q55tcyQl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Megan Rapinoe, a U.S. women\u2019s national soccer team player, was removed from the squad for assaulting another player.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence suggesting Rapinoe was removed from the team for any reason. The viral claim stems from a satirical website.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussoccer.com\/players\/r\/megan-rapinoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forward<\/a> for the women\u2019s national team, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden during a July 7 ceremony at the White House, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/nbc-out-proud\/soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-receives-presidential-medal-freedom-rcna37141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>. The soccer star was recognized for her Olympic achievements as well as her outspoken advocacy of LGBTQ rights and women\u2019s rights, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared on Facebook claims she was recently removed from the national team after assaulting another player. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/07\/11\/fact-check-megan-rapinoe-trump-2020-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: FACT CHECK: Did Megan Rapinoe Wave A \u2018Trump 2020\u2019 Flag On The Soccer Field?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMegan Rapinoe won\u2019t be kneeling on any more soccer fields,\u201d reads part of the July 19 post. \u201cThe brutish beast apparently attacked one of her fellow players during practice after she asked the superstar to please not wear a pride flag \u2018as a cape.\u2019 Rapinoe flew off the handle into a completely unwarranted rage and broke the young newcomer\u2019s nose.\u201d\u00a0The post goes on to claim that after the alleged incident the other players voted to removed Rapinoe from the team.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is baseless. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Megan+Rapinoe+Booted+From+US+Team+For+Assaulting+a+Teammate&#038;oq=Megan+Rapinoe+Booted+From+US+Team+For+Assaulting+a+Teammate&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.399j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> suggesting Rapinoe has been removed from the team. There is likewise no mention of any altercation between Rapinoe and her teammates or her alleged removal from the team on the team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussoccer.com\/teams\/uswnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. She continues to be listed on the team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussoccer.com\/players\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post claims Rapinoe struck a player named Sandy Batt and was then removed by team captain Josephine Barron. However, neither of those names appear on the team\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ussoccer.com\/players\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A keyword search reveals the claim stems from an <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotpartypress.com\/megan-rapinoe-booted-from-us-team-for-assaulting-a-teammate\/?fbclid=IwAR2QINybKLI_Rv5dJHj40eY7rpkgT04M-BF6INddSKYwSNnLXJNe50alaHo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> published on the Patriot Party Press website. The site\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/patriotpartypress.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Us<\/a>\u201d page describes it as a subsidiary of the \u201cAmerica\u2019s Last Line of Defense network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The claim stems from a satirical article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}