Posted on 07/22/2023 11:58:55 AM PDT by george76
Most members of the US women’s soccer team stayed silent during the national anthem before its World Cup opener Friday against newcomers Vietnam — who passionately belted their nation’s tune.
The majority of the reigning women’s World Cup champion team stared stoically ahead as the “Star Spangled Banner” blasted across New Zealand’s Eden Park arena.
Only five of the 11 players who stood on the field for the anthem — with young, aspiring players standing before them — placed their hands over their hearts, while their six teammates kept their digits clasped behind their backs
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Only three USWNT players — Julie Ertz, Alyssa Naeher and Lindsey Horan — sang along with the hundreds of American supporters watching in the stands.
Comparatively, members of World Cup debutant Vietnam emphatically crooned their national song
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The women’s USWNT team has a complicated history with the national anthem.
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Forward Megan Rapinoe has continuously knelt during “The “Star-Spangled Banner” following NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s protest in 2016.
Rapinoe, who is playing in her last World Cup before retiring and was the first woman to kneel in the practice, claimed in the weeks before her team’s 2019 World Cup win that she would “never put my hand over my heart.”
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That’s probably more like 75%. Really do you not pay any attention? Usually guys are bouncing their hand off their leg, staring off in the distance. Like I said, in America pre-game anthem is for game face, actually enjoying the anthem is only for winners at trophy presentations.
The actual video shows normal behavior by the team.
Looks like a article looking for a crisis to provoke.
I wonder which team Jane Fonda rooted for?
In some places she’d already been tossed off a roof.
Hey, I'm a tenor. That's what happens to altos when they get up there in age.
Kidding aside, its a difficult song to sing unless its in exactly the right key, so I don't condemn them for not singing. But they could at least mouth the words. Not scowling through the whole thing would help as well.
That’s right. Too bad we can’t do it here.
What ARE they protesting...? Looking for- but can’t find any reasons given. Same thing goes for other sources as well.
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