{"id":1991732,"date":"2023-08-05T06:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T10:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-the-us-womens-soccer-team-care-more-about-going-woke-than-winning\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T06:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T10:21:51","slug":"does-the-us-womens-soccer-team-care-more-about-going-woke-than-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-the-us-womens-soccer-team-care-more-about-going-woke-than-winning\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the US women&#8217;s soccer team prioritizing being woke over winning?"},"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%2Fdoes-the-us-womens-soccer-team-care-more-about-going-woke-than-winning%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=1991732&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>The\u200b FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup:\u200b Is the United States Women&#8217;s National\u2063 Team Losing Focus?<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200dFIFA\u200d Women&#8217;s World Cup is\u200b in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-challenges-biden-for-censor-in-chief-title\/\" title=\"Newsom challenges Biden as the Censor-In-Chief.\">full\u2063 swing<\/a>, and the final is \u2063weeks away, but\u200c the two-time defending \u2063United States Women&#8217;s National\u2063 Team might not\u200c make \u200dit there.<\/p>\n<p>America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-women-dress-up-as-grannies-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-report\/\" title=\"2 Women Dress Up As Grannies To Get COVID-19 Vaccine: Report\">women managed<\/a> to only win one of \u2064their three group games and \u2064endured a draw against Portugal Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h3>Former \u200cCaptain\u2062 Carli Lloyd Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Portugal \u200dplayed \u200cto\u2063 win, and they almost\u200c did,&#8221; the \u200dtwo-time \u200bFIFA Women&#8217;s \u2062World Cup winner \u2063told the crew of Fox Soccer during\u2064 post-game \u2063analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s just a\u2063 lot of off-the-field things that are\u2064 happening, and, \u200dyou know,\u200b you never want to take \u200banything for \u2062granted,&#8221; Lloyd said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You put on that jersey\u200c and\u200d you want to give it everything you have \u200bfor the people that came before \u200cyou, for the\u2063 people that are going to come \u2062after you, and I&#8217;m just not seeing that passion.\u2063 I&#8217;m just seeing a very\u200d lackluster, uninspiring, \u2064taking it\u2063 for granted, where \u200cwinning and training\u200b and doing\u200c all that you can 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lloyd could have a \u2064point.<\/p>\n<p>Since winning their second title in a row, players on \u2063the U.S. National Team have appeared far more concerned pushing a woke agenda regarding equal pay for female athletes and the rights of LGBT citizens\u200c than they have been \u2063with \u2063winning games.<\/p>\n<p>We hit the streets of Washington, D.C., to ask people if it&#8217;s more \u2063important \u200dfor the team to push their &#8220;progressive \u2062message&#8221; or win games, \u2063and the answers might surprise you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While\u200d a \u200dfew people said that athletes should focus on winning, many suggested that the responsibility \u2064athletes have to \u200dbe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-the-us-womens-soccer-team-care-more-about-going-woke-than-winning\/\" title=\"Is the US women's soccer team prioritizing being woke over winning?\">societal leaders takes precedence<\/a> over results in competition.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For that women&#8217;s team, \u2064I think there\u2064 are a lot of\u200d bigger social issues,&#8221; one local said. &#8220;A big success with those\u200c issues is probably bigger than a big \u200bsuccess on the field &#8230;\u200b winning the World Cup should be\u200b second.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got a platform,&#8221; another said. &#8220;So, you&#8217;ve got to use it.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Sports are gonna be there, but \u2062there&#8217;s a human aspect that needs to \u200bbe \u200ctaken care of,&#8221; \u2064according to \u200bone resident.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video <a href=\"#\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup is ongoing, but the US Women&#8217;s National Team, defending champions, may not reach the final. They won only one out of three group games and drew against Portugal. 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