{"id":1988117,"date":"2023-08-01T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-and-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-from-coach\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T18:31:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:31:01","slug":"us-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-and-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-from-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-and-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-from-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"US soccer legend criticizes Rapinoe and teammates&#8217; post-game actions, coach responds."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fus-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-and-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-from-coach%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=1988117&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--><h2>US Soccer \u200dLegend \u200bSkewers Rapinoe \u200band Teammates&#8217; Post-Game Behavior, Draws Response from Coach<\/h2>\n<p>Disgust flowed from American women\u2019s soccer legend Carli Lloyd as \u200bshe surveyed the debacle of the U.S. Women\u2019s National\u2062 Team after it barely emerged with a\u200c 0-0 tie \u2064in Tuesday\u2019s \u2062Women\u2019s World Cup match against Portugal, only to have the \u200dteam\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-jan-6-hearing-coverage-is-complicity-in-campaign-to-fool-the-public\/\" title=\"Tucker: Jan 6 Hearing Coverage Is Complicity in Campaign to Fool the Public\">coach call<\/a>\u2063 her criticisms \u201cinsane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although a \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-slips-round-16-womens-world-cup-scoreless-draw-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second-place group finish<\/a> \u2062 in\u200b New Zealand with one win \u2063and two draws allows the U.S. team to advance to the next round against \u200cSweden, \u200bLloyd,\u2063 now an\u2063 analyst \u200con Fox Sports, said player behavior that included dancing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/even-fewer-us-womens-team-players-sing-anthem-ahead-second-straight-world-cup-letdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selfies with fans<\/a> \u2063 revolted her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never \u200bwitnessed\u2064 something like that,\u201d she said in a post-game discussion on the Fox set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u2063 a \u200ddifference between being respectful of the fans, and \u200dsaying \u2064hello to your family but to be dancing, to be smiling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean the player of the \u200bmatch was that post,\u201d she said, referring to\u200d a shot\u2062 from Portugal\u2019s Ana \u200cCapeta that hit the goal post near\u200b the end of the match \u2014 a \u200cshot that could\u200b have meant defeat\u200c for the Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re lucky to\u2063 not be going home right now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between being respectful of the\u200c fans and \u200csaying hello to your family, but\u2062 to\u2062 be\u200b dancing and smiling\u2026\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarliLloyd?\">@CarliLloyd<\/a> on the USWNT after the match \u200d  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/38zm1eC76r\">pic.twitter.com\/38zm1eC76r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1686309601862455296?\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all for \u2063positivity \u2014 \u200cthey have advanced\u200b out of the group,\u201d\u2064 said Lloyd,\u2064 a \u200bmember of the U.S. World\u2064 Cup champion teams\u200c in 2015 and\u200d 2019, according \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2023\/08\/01\/carli-lloyd-alexi-lalas-rip-uswnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Should the US Women\u2019s Soccer Team take more pride\u200b in representing the country?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same \u2062time the cheering, the dancing \u2014 I\u2019ve got a problem with that because I wouldn\u2019t \u2064be happy. I\u200d know\u200b several of their players, former players, \u201999ers [champions] \u2014 they\u200d wouldn\u2019t be happy with that tie. \u2063It hasn\u2019t been good overall \u2063in these first three games. I understand the players doing interviews,\u200b I was in that position before. You don\u2019t want to speak negatively, you \u200cdon\u2019t want to \u200cactually\u200b say what is going on, I \u200bunderstand that.\u2064 But it\u2019s\u200b the body language, it\u2019s the facial expressions I\u2019m seeing where I really don\u2019t know if\u2062 they\u2019re upset with how they played and the results,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPortugal played to win, and they\u2062 almost did,\u201d Lloyd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1686306096536055808\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-women-fail-win-world-cup-match-first-time-8-years-majority-team-stands-stone-faced-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. team\u2019s attitude<\/a> \u201cstarted \u2062to shift post-2020.\u201d (30 seconds.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think there\u2019s a lot of off-the-field\u200b things that are happening,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She did not offer details or\u200c mention players.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u200dplayers \u2062for the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team under the leadership of the spotlight-seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-megan-rapinoe-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a>, who is \u200bcompeting in her final World Cup, \u2064have\u200d become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-soccer-team-makes-major-black-lives-matter-move-kneeling-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly\u200b politicized<\/a> since\u200d 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Carli Lloyd sounds off \u200con the USWNT following\u200c a disappointing draw\u2062 vs. Portugal <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer?\">@FOXSoccer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7zFiAfYsb\">pic.twitter.com\/P7zFiAfYsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063The Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1686306096536055808?\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou never want to take anything for granted. You\u200b put on that\u200d jersey \u200band you want to give it everything you \u2063have, for the people who came before you, for\u200c the people who come after you. And I\u2019m just \u2064not\u200c seeing that passion. \u2063I\u2019m just seeing a lackluster, uninspiring, taking\u200b it for granted, where winning and training and\u2064 doing\u200b all that you \u2063can to be the best possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/source-tells-cnn-if-mlb-didnt-move-all-star-game-media-would-have-hounded-players\/\" title=\"Source Tells CNN If MLB Didn\u2019t Move All-Star Game, Media Would Have Hounded Players\">individual player<\/a> is not happening,\u201d Lloyd said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, before the game, we saw the\u2063 dancing. There\u2019s a difference between\u2063 confidence and arrogance, and\u2064 think that\u2019s a fine line \u200cof where is the direction going with that. It\u2019s OK to be confident. But you \u2062never want \u2062to cross that line \u2064into being arrogant and this is exactly\u2063 what can \u200ccome and bite you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Trending:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-report-dead-obama-chef-died\/\" data-type='Internal link' data-type-location='in-content-trending'>Huge Report About Dead Obama Chef \u2063- This Is Who Was\u2062 with Him When He Died<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. \u2062Coach\u2062 Vlatko \u200dAndonovski <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1686328649564483585\">pushed back<\/a> against the criticism after\u200c the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing I want to say is that this team wanted \u200cto win this game more than anything else,\u201d he said. (19 seconds)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cTo question the mentality of\u2063 this team, to question the willingness to\u2062 win, to \u200bcompete\u2026 I think it\u2019s\u2063 insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>USWNT Head Coach Vlatko Andonovski, when asked to respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-and-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-from-coach\/\" title=\"US soccer legend criticizes Rapinoe and teammates' post-game actions, coach responds.\">postgame criticisms made<\/a>\u2063 by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarliLloyd?\">@CarliLloyd<\/a> and some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSports?\">@FOXSports<\/a> \u200c crew <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFn5C8cDZJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/PFn5C8cDZJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O600CE3BW4\">pic.twitter.com\/O600CE3BW4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Soccer \u2062(@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1686328649564483585?\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve put everything they could in preparation for this tournament \u200dand every game that they\u2063 go into, \u200dso to\u200b question the mentality of this team, to question the willingness \u200dto win, to compete, I think it\u2019s insane,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019ve never seen this team step on \u2062the field and not try hard and not compete.\u200d So,\u200b everyone is entitled to an opinion and they can\u2062 say whatever they \u200cwant, but I\u200d just know how \u200dthis team feels. And it\u2019s not \u200dlike we played well by any means, but we owned it.\u2064 We know it\u2019s not good enough. We know \u200dwe\u2019re not happy with \u200cour performance, but it\u2019s, you know, we qualified for the next round. We\u2019re moving on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Former German\u200c player Ariane Hingst, now a Fox analyst, also criticized the American team,\u2064 according\u2062 to the Post, saying \u201cthis is not the face of the American team I\u2019ve known before [and] it kind of shocked me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Analyst Alexi Lalas, who played with the U.S. men\u2019s team in\u200d the 1994 World Cup, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-unleashes-fury-us-womens-soccer-team-national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.\u200c performance<\/a> \u201cabysmal,\u201d \u201crudderless\u201d and \u201cconfused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cThe problem is \u2014 the dancing, whatever \u2014 behind that seems to be belief that \u2062they\u2019re \u200dgoing to find\u200c some other gear, that they\u2019re going to \u2064turn that switch on\u200b and \u2063something magical\u2064 is going to happen in the round of 16 to make them a better team than they actually are, and that team has been\u200d hiding\u200d throughout the group\u2064 stage,\u201d \u200dLalas said, according\u200b to the Post.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Lloyd meanwhile compared \u200cthe team to her 2015 squad \u2014 unfavorably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s one problem that\u2019s necessarily going on \u2014 I think there\u2019s multiple things,\u201d she said, according\u200c to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u200c gear, that switch, doesn\u2019t just\u2062 turn on once you hit the knockout stages. You have to \u2063build momentum. We built momentum\u200c in 2015 and we also had the players that could dig \u2064deep and had that champion mentality that could dig us out of \u2063a hole and I\u2019m not so sure this group\u200c has \u200cthat now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-soccer-legend-skewers-rapinoe-teammates-post-game-behavior-draws-response-coach\/\">US Soccer Legend Skewers Rapinoe and Teammates&#8217; Post-Game Behavior, Draws\u200d Response from Coach<\/a> \u2064appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carli Lloyd, an American women&#8217;s soccer legend, expressed her disgust as she observed the disappointing performance of the U.S. Women&#8217;s National Team. 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