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Olympic champion Rapinoe alleged to have "poisoned" US team at Women's World Cup in anthem row
insidethegames.biz ^ | Thursday, 3 August 2023 | Owen Lloyd

Posted on 08/03/2023 11:17:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: MinorityRepublican

An alternate team to root for is the Philippine womens team.
Over half the players are US-born US citizens, the rest are from various other countries, Sweden, New Zealand, etc. And even a few from the Philippines. Its a bit of a “foreign legion”.

But for the most part they are an alternate “US” team.

They are mostly half-Filipino mestizas. And they are much more civilized than the official US team.


61 posted on 08/04/2023 5:31:19 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Rapinoe puts the bully in bull-dyke.


62 posted on 08/04/2023 5:41:13 AM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Question: why doesn’t the PLO kidnap the the USA “women’s” team, ala the 1972 Summer Olympics?

Answer: because no one would pay the ransom. /spit


63 posted on 08/04/2023 5:44:04 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I never even noticed the US women's soccer team before Rapinoe pulled her publicity stunt.
And I'm pretty sure I'm far from alone in this.
64 posted on 08/04/2023 5:52:13 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why do we have to pay for women’s sports?


65 posted on 08/04/2023 6:01:13 AM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Megan Rapinoe, she's the leader of all this,<.I>

SHE'S NOT LEADING, SHE'S UNDERMINING.

66 posted on 08/04/2023 6:08:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MinorityRepublican

The reason they don’t sing is because they are used to not singing. In the US the tradition is for a “performer” to sing the anthem and the crowd and players to listen. Overseas a band or recording plays the music and the crowd and players sing.


67 posted on 08/04/2023 6:25:42 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: MinorityRepublican
“It's easy to manipulate them”

Women in general want to “get along” more than men. They are easier to persuade into “group think”. I see this all the time on the two local town Facebook pages I belong. These are smaller suburban towns where one FB page has 7000 members and the other has 1100. The women on these pages do not ever want to disagree with the hive mentality. I would think some graduate in psychology could write their PHD thesis on this phenomena.

I find that men are more willing to go against the grain and make a public statement with what they believe to be correct. The “hive mentality” on Facebook can be absolutely toxic. This is because people on the internet will say things that they would never say in person to another member. In a way it is good because people are actually more willing to speak the truth. It can also be very damaging to vulnerably mental people. Which is why you have to establish rules like we have here on FR.

68 posted on 08/04/2023 6:51:02 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: MinorityRepublican
That's why you saw the NFL getting rid of Colin Kaepernick after he pulled that stunt with the National Anthem. The NFL is a well run league unlike the NBA who went "Bud Light" in 2020 by getting involved in politics and embracing "social justice".

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I think you are mis-remembering things a bit. First, the NFL was in the midst of committing Hari-Kari as they DID NOT condemn the SF49 fool QB when he pulled the kneeling bulljive. Kaper-douche started his schtick in 2016. NFL viewership nosedived afterward. The NFL pulled out of the self-inflicted loss of viewership AFTER they made the teams NOT do on field kneeling. I believe this was in 2018.

The NFL is full of the bullcrap meaningless platitudes on the backs of helmets - End Racism; Stop Hate; Blacklivesmatter; It takes all of us; and so on. The NFL is a shell of its form self. It is garbage.

I also said back when negotiations for Britanny Griner (Jailed in Russia) were going on that Rapinoe needed to be part of the deal. It was a terrible deal that we set the Russian arms dealer (Viktor Bout) free. At least we could have gotten rid of Rapinoe in the deal. Missed opportunity.

69 posted on 08/04/2023 6:59:14 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: nickcarraway

I disagree with her philosophy and stance on this country


70 posted on 08/04/2023 7:01:30 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: MPJackal
I believe some of the former women on this team have very lucrative sports wear contracts, etc. Hope Solo had multiple endorsement deals. Which is why she “lawyered up” with VERY expensive attorneys when she got arrested in NC for DUI with her two kids in the back seat.

I recently watched this video on YouTube. The Winston Salem cop that arrested her did not even know who she was until he brought her to the station. Another cop informed him that she was the Olympic and World Cup goalie for the Women's Team. Her real name is Hope Stevens. Which is what was on her drivers license. She is also a very tall attractive woman. Probably 5’ 10” tall. She was as tall as the cop.

I have a couple guys I work with whose daughters played Varsity soccer on our high school team. They actually traveled to watch the woman's US soccer team play somewhere in the US or Montreal a few years ago. So, the people who go to watch them and buy their merchandise are typically the parents of girl soccer players. FYI, even on the girls high school soccer team in my town there were two know lesbian players. One was the best player on the team. She got a college scholarship somewhere. Same story with the girls softball and ski team.

71 posted on 08/04/2023 7:12:10 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: MinorityRepublican

i wrap a whore because i am one.


72 posted on 08/04/2023 7:16:42 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Herb Brooks (not the movie version): Brooks once said, “I’m looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back.”

Today’s athletes are in it for themselves. I have ZERO respect for the women’s team, and they need to be eliminated.


73 posted on 08/04/2023 8:05:37 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: Alberta's Child
"Not only is it soccer we’re talking about … it’s women's soccer. Who cares?"
As I have grown older, I increasingly don't find people playing with balls interesting and wonder at fans that take them seriously. Well, to each his own.
74 posted on 08/04/2023 8:37:05 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I didn’t like American hating commies growing up during the cold war and I don’t like America hating commies now. I hope they lose every game until they throw this stupid blue haired commie off the team.


75 posted on 08/04/2023 8:44:00 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Do any of the other national teams hate their own country?


76 posted on 08/04/2023 8:44:52 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: MinorityRepublican
They should have asked Rapinoe NOT to play on this year's team.
77 posted on 08/04/2023 10:45:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: Mark17

Rapinoe poised America and this team.

Won’t watch people who do not respond the USA.


78 posted on 08/04/2023 11:21:24 AM PDT by Pearfect
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To: srmanuel

“In the case of the World Cup, literally everyone around the world is watching...”

BS. They’re giving away tickets because nobody is interested.

FIFA offers free Women’s World Cup tickets amid poor NZ sales

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38004391/fifa-offers-free-women-world-cup-tickets-amid-poor-sales


79 posted on 08/04/2023 11:33:51 AM PDT by sergeantdave (AI is the next iteration of a copy and paste machine.)
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To: GranTorino
Communist football?

World wide, not just America.

80 posted on 08/04/2023 3:02:46 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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