{"id":1994834,"date":"2023-08-08T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-after-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-the-messenger\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T21:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:22:17","slug":"american-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-after-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-after-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-the-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"US Soccer Star Criticizes USWNT: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Shoot the Messenger&#8217;"},"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\">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%2Famerican-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-after-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-the-messenger%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=1994834&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>In the Aftermath \u200cof the USWNT&#8217;s World \u200cCup Exit, Male \u200dSoccer Star Speaks\u2062 Out<\/h2>\n<p>In the aftermath of the United States women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-italians-celebrating-the-national-soccer-teams-european-championship-victory-with-firecrackers\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Italians Celebrating The National Soccer Team\u2019s European Championship Victory With Firecrackers?\">national soccer team\u2019<\/a>s disastrous World \u2064Cup exit, one \u200bof the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-after-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-the-messenger\/\" title=\"US Soccer Star Criticizes USWNT: 'Don't Shoot the Messenger'\">male soccer stars<\/a> had some harsh words \u2064for \u2062his female counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-worst-world-cup-finish-nets-double-previous-highest-payout-thanks-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USWNT fell to\u200c Sweden<\/a> in\u2063 the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, ending the dream of \u200dbecoming the first team in history to win three consecutive World Cups.<\/p>\n<p>If the humiliation of their worst World Cup performance in history \u2063was not enough, their misery is only compounded \u2064by the fact that a large number of Americans were happy to see \u200dthem eliminated.<\/p>\n<h3>Alexi Lalas Speaks Out<\/h3>\n<p>To former men\u2019s national team star Alexi Lalas, the reason \u200cfor their glee could not be any clearer.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, in response to a tweet wondering how \u2064Americans could celebrate the \u200belimination and humiliation of an American sports team \u2062on the world \u200dstage, Lalas said that it had to do with the \u201cpolarizing\u201d\u200c character of the current national \u200dteam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t kill the messenger. This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USWNT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USWNT<\/a> is \u2064polarizing. Politics, causes, stances, \u2064&#038; behavior have made this team unlikeable to a portion\u2063 of America. This team has built its brand and has derived its power\u200c from being the best\/winning. If that goes away they risk becoming irrelevant. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J5yFxOuBet\">https:\/\/t.co\/J5yFxOuBet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexiLalas\/status\/1688322976083492865?\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It \u200cis\u2064 really hard to argue with Lalas\u2019 assessment. In the \u2063past\u200b few years, the USWNT has become less of a\u200b symbol of\u2063 sports, \u200cand \u200dmore of a symbol of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nets-run-cover-for-leftist-esg-giants-tied-to-ohio-train-disaster\/\" title=\"Nets Run Cover for Leftist ESG Giants Tied to Ohio Train Disaster\">radical leftist politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One need look no further than the most recognizable player\u200c on \u2064the team, Megan Rapinoe, who has made a name for herself not for \u200bher soccer \u200bskills, but for her\u2062 woke political activism.<\/p>\n<p>When ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-megan-rapinoe-isnt-sports-left-wing-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid\u200b tribute<\/a> to\u2062 the polarizing player in the aftermath of\u200c Sunday\u2019s humiliating defeat, they\u200b got a \u200brather\u200d hostile reception from the public, who wanted nothing \u2064to \u2063do with celebrating her \u200cactivism.<\/p>\n<p>Lest we forget, it \u200dwas Rapinoe who \u200ballegedly \u200dcoerced\u200c the team\u200b into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hope-solo-megan-rapinoe-bully-teammates-kneeling-national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kneeling \u2064during the national\u2063 anthem<\/a> as a leftist protest gesture.<\/p>\n<p>So Lalas is absolutely right. When the team\u200d is defined not by its on-field performance but by \u200cthe divisive off-field activities of\u200c its players, \u2063there are going to be a \u2063lot \u200cof people who will cheer when the team does poorly.<\/p>\n<p>If the team was more pro-American and patriotic, this is the \u200cU.S. national team\u2062 after all, maybe more people would \u2062have sympathy for them. But they seem\u200b less \u2062interested in representing America, and more interested in \u200drepresenting themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the USWNT could get past all of the \u200ccontroversy surrounding its politics because\u200b it was a \u200dwinning team that\u2064 swept \u2064the world. Two consecutive\u200c World \u200bCup \u2063titles made it the best women\u2019s national team in history.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the days of glory for the USWNT are gone, at least for now, and it seems as if they can only define themselves\u2062 now by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-wokeifying-americas-military\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Wokeifying America\u2019s Military\">left-wing politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, therefore, it should \u2062come as no surprise that the team has become, \u200cas Lalas put it \u201cirrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the team\u2063 wants \u200cto rally more support from the American public, they should\u200d take Lalas\u2019 message \u2064to heart and try to \u2062recapture what it is that people used to love about it before\u2063 it went\u2062 woke.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-soccer-star-blasts-uswnt-world-cup-disaster-dont-kill-messenger\/\">American Soccer\u2063 Star Blasts USWNT After World Cup Disaster: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Kill the Messenger&#8217;<\/a> appeared\u2062 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the USWNT&#8217;s World Cup exit, a male soccer star criticized his female counterparts. The team&#8217;s hopes of making history as the first to win three titles were shattered when they lost to Sweden on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":1994835,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1994834","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\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}