{"id":602845,"date":"2021-07-26T14:51:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T18:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602845"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T18:51:31","slug":"megan-rapinoe-reacts-to-backlash-says-media-needs-to-get-better-with-criticism-of-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-reacts-to-backlash-says-media-needs-to-get-better-with-criticism-of-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe Reacts To Backlash, Says Media Needs To \u2018Get Better\u2019 With Criticism Of Women\u2019s Sports"},"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%2Fmegan-rapinoe-reacts-to-backlash-says-media-needs-to-get-better-with-criticism-of-womens-sports%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=602845&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\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329837188.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. women\u2019s soccer team captain Megan Rapinoe said this weekend that the media needs to \u201cget better\u201d with their criticism of women\u2019s athletics, adding that she \u201calways welcome[s] the criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team USA was heavily criticized after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener\">shutout by Sweden<\/a> 3-0 in their Olympic opener on Wednesday. Notably, Americans online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\">blasted<\/a> the team for protesting alleged rampant racism in the U.S. in solidarity with radical leftist group Black Lives Matter before kickoff by taking a knee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what it is,\u201d Rapinoe said of the criticism, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/megan-rapinoe-and-co-take-criticism-in-stride-as-uswnt-crushes-new-zealand-160747642.html\">according<\/a> to Yahoo! Sports. \u201cI\u2019m on social media. I\u2019m not a hermit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always welcome the criticism,\u201d the forward added. \u201cFor women\u2019s sports, criticism in the media still needs to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The criticism, Rapinoe continued, \u201csays to me that people are watching the games and understand the importance of games and understand different teams. I don\u2019t mind that stuff. I think everything they said was right. We didn\u2019t play well. Sweden did get the better of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in a position where all of my career we are one of the best teams or the best team in the world, if you can\u2019t take that kind of criticism, then you are probably not going to be here that long,\u201d she added<\/p>\n<p>In other discussions with the press, Rapinoe stood by the team\u2019s kneeling protest at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\" readability=\"55.455135135135\">\n<p class>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for us to continue to use our voices and use our platforms to talk about the things that affect all of us intimately in different ways,\u201d Rapinoe said following the Wednesday game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-alex-morgan-soccer-players-take-knee-protest-tokyo-t226302\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe have people from Team USA, from all over the country, from all backgrounds, and people literally from all over the world for every other team so I obviously encourage everyone to use that platform to the best of their ability to do the most good that they possibly can in the world, especially as all eyes are on Tokyo these next couple weeks,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe\u2019re on the global stage, with the world\u2019s media, and eyeballs and people\u2019s attention, all drawn to one place with a collection of incredible athletes from all over the world, who care a lot about what they\u2019re doing here in Tokyo in terms of their sport, and who care a lot about a lot of other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"22.710171017102\">\n<p>Last November, members of the soccer team notably wore Black Lives Matter jerseys and kneeled for the national anthem in the Netherlands, again sparking widespread criticism.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-don-blm-shirts-and-kneel-for-national-anthem-on-foreign-soil\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported on the protest:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe love our country, and it is a true honor to represent America. It is also our duty to demand that the liberties and freedoms that our country was founded on extend to everyone,\u201d read a statement that members of the team posted on social media before the game, which ended in a 2-0 defeat against the Netherlands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cToday, we wear Black Lives Matter to affirm human decency. We protest against racial injustice and police brutality against Black people. We protest against the racist infrastructures that do not provide equal opportunity for Black and brown people to fulfill their dreams, including playing on this team,\u201d the statement continued.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs the United States Women\u2019s National team players, we collectively work toward a society where the American ideals are upheld, and Black lives are no longer systematically targeted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The women\u2019s team rallied against New Zealand on Saturday with an impressive 6-1 win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener\">U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Team Takes Stunning Loss After Kneeling For BLM At Olympic&nbsp;Opener<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\">On Heels Of Stunning Loss, U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Gets Brutalized Online For \u2018Woke\u2019&nbsp;Protesting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. women\u2019s soccer team captain Megan Rapinoe said this weekend that the media needs to \u201cget better\u201d with their criticism of women\u2019s athletics, adding that she \u201calways welcome[s] the criticism.\u201dTeam &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602845","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\/602845","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602845\/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=602845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}