{"id":1988748,"date":"2023-08-02T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T17:53:49","slug":"former-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-soccer star criticizes Team USA&#8217;s &#8216;arrogance&#8217; and &#8216;cultural&#8217; shift."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fformer-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture%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=1988748&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>Carli Lloyd Criticizes U.S. Women\u2019s\u200d Soccer Team for \u2062Losing Hunger and Becoming Arrogant<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Two-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">time<\/a> Olympic gold medalist\u200c Carli\u200b Lloyd ripped \u200cthe U.S. Women\u2019s\u2062 National Soccer Team \u200bfor\u200c losing their hunger and\u2064 becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture\/\" title=\"Ex-soccer star criticizes Team USA's 'arrogance' and 'cultural' shift.\">increasingly arrogant<\/a> over \u2064the\u2062 past four years or so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lloyd,\u200c a legend \u2064in women\u2019s soccer, retired in\u2064 2021. During her career, the \u200bformer striker was\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cia-pick-was-president-of-think-tank-that-took-millions-from-chinese-communist-party-tied-entities-report\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s CIA Pick Was President Of Think Tank That Took Millions From Chinese Communist Party-Tied Entities: Report\">major player<\/a> in securing two World \u2063Cup championships, two Olympic golds, and was twice named FIFA Player \u2064of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd took\u200d issue with the \u2063women\u2019s team dancing and smiling\u200d after barely advancing \u2064at the World\u2062 Cup on Tuesday\u200c with a 0-0 tie\u200d against Portugal, thanks\u2062 in large \u200cpart\u200d to the goalpost blocking\u200d a would-be goal for Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between\u2064 being respectful of the \u200cfans and saying hello to your family,\u201d\u00a0Lloyd blasted, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/01\/carli-lloyd-doubles-down-on-uswnt-2023-world-cup-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the \u2064New York Post. \u201cBut to be dancing, \u2063to be smiling \u2014\u00a0I mean, \u2064the player of the match was that post. You were \u200blucky to not be\u2062 going home\u2062 right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke\u2062 up in \u2062that room, and I told\u2062 them that you \u200bcan\u2019t take anything for granted \u2014 you have to work for everything that you get,\u201d Lloyd said she told the women\u2019s\u2064 team.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just talked about what the\u200b mentality\u2063 of this \u2062team has been about and passed down from generation to generation,\u201d the athlete continued. \u200b\u201cBut the problem is when you\u200b win, and you get things, winning \u200bhas taken on a different meaning.\u00a0It is no longer we want to \u200dwin because we\u2063 want to win. No, we want everything that \u200bcomes with winning,\u200b and \u2064we think we\u200d can just\u2062 roll out and win games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the case, Lloyd argued. \u2063\u201cTeams see that. They see the arrogance\u2064 in \u2064the U.S. and see \u2063that they\u2019re not this unstoppable team. They \u2063see that they\u2019re able to be broken down \u2062and beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though she\u2019s retired, the team still means \u2064a lot\u2062 to her and always will, Lloyd added. \u201cIt just\u200c hurts me. \u2064It hurt\u2063 me at the end of my career, those last \u200bcouple of years to\u200b see\u200d the change \u2063and the shift in that culture and in that mentality. That hurt me to \u2063leave\u2064 seeing what was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Lloyd offered similar criticism of the\u2063 women\u2019s team, even openly admitting that she\u2062 \u201chated\u201d playing on\u2062 Team USA \u2063the last couple of years of her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe culture for\u200c me is what the culture has been on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">national team<\/a> since the inception,\u201d she \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/carli-lloyd-uswnt-culture-criticism-not-about-race-or-gender-2022-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Insider\u2062 at the time. \u201cAll of those players, they brought a fight. They brought a hunger. \u200dThey brought a \u2064desire. \u2063They brought\u200b mentality. They brought a never-say-die attitude. They brought \u200dfinding\u2062 a \u200cway,\u2063 whether \u200bit\u2019s the \u200b91st \u2063minute, to get a \u2064ball in the back of the net. \u200dThat has slowly dissipated from\u2062 2015 on.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-got-mine-f-them-kids-people-rip-megan-rapinoe-over-comments-about-girls-competing-against-trans-athletes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Following Megan\u2062 Rapinoe\u2062 Comments About Girls\u200c Competing Against Transgender Athletes,\u200b Critics Slam: \u2018I Got \u2064Mine. F*** Them\u00a0Kids\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>gold medals, and numerous other accolades. However, she expressed disappointment in the team&#8217;s attitude, stating that they had lost their drive and developed a sense of entitlement. Lloyd&#8217;s retirement marked the end of an era, leaving behind a legacy of success and a call for the team to rediscover their hunger and humility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1988749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988748","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}