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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one each.
That was your "no go" point? Not that Subway executives were covering up the child rape crimes of their spokesman?
https://www.eater.com/2015/8/29/9225435/former-franchisee-claims-subway-execs-new-about-jared-fogle-in-2008
https://jezebel.com/jared-fogles-ex-wife-says-subway-ignored-complaints-abo-1788157159
I heard the Dallas Cowboys are so desperate for a kicker they may try her out.
What an exciting game it must have been to watch. Nobody scored a goal. It’s fitting the rat with the blue hair choked in the end.
Well Megan - shanks for the memories.
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