Posted on 08/09/2023 1:48:26 PM PDT by Starman417
The US Women's National Soccer team saw its World Cup chapter come to a close the other day. It ended on penalty kicks. They lost to the Swedish National Team who had been their nemesis for some time. USA today ascribed their demise to being "old and slow." They're right, but that's not all of it.
It was wonderful when the USWNT won the World Cup in 2019. All of the US supported them. Funny thing about notoriety, though. How you use it has so much effect on so many other things. In 2015 it was all about team. By 2019 cracks were appearing in the facade. In 2020 the USWNT decided to politicize their notoriety by wearing BLM warm-ups, taking a knee during the national anthem and issuing statements like this:
"Today, 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.Amusingly, they were never particularly diverse."As the United States Women's National team players, we collectively work toward a society where the American ideals are upheld, and Black lives are no longer systematically targeted."
Over time Megan Rapinoe assumed the mantle of lightning rod and the team increasingly became about her. She took a knee in support of Colin Kaepernick in 2016.
This gradually began into infect her teammates.
In 2019 when asked about a potential White House visit, she said
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Why was she grinning like a banshee after she ‘accidentally’ missed that shot?
Or would it be more appropriate to call that thing a ‘ban-hee’?
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone with green hair that I liked.
I’ll heed your warning, don’t worry.
“She” and Big Mike are in the same league of ugly!
You think they will give some of that money back that they extorted .... equal pay as the men when they couldn’t even win an exhibition match against a 2nd class men’s team?
Sure made me “proud”. LOL.
Nostalgia, and not in a good way.
NO1 NO! We will have to use photos of Richard Levine as eye bleach!
Danke schoen.
The Swedish lesbians licked the American lesbians.
The Swedish lesbians licked the American lesbians.
Will always be remembered as the Skank shank
.
She’s 38 and looks older than me.
Also a loser.
She shanked most of her career and took the company Subway down with her.
I will never go to Subway again since they hired her.
Give me a brake; I’m an inginear.
I was hoping the U.S. team would lose - it was even better than expected. My entire family cheered.
Sick of this blue-haired freak.
But you can be sure she will be picked up as a “spokesperson” for a number of products.
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