Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Women's World Cup 2023: Retiring Megan Rapinoe makes tearful exit as USA bow out - she says "sick joke"
BBC ^ | 6th August 2023 | Neill Johnston

Posted on 08/07/2023 1:20:25 AM PDT by Cronos

She went so far as to call it "dark comedy" and a "sick joke", such was her dismay.

...With the USA leading 3-2 on penalties on a tension-filled night, substitute Rapinoe missed her spot-kick before Sophia Smith and Kelley O'Hara also failed to score in the shootout.

When Lina Hurtig converted the decisive penalty by the finest of margins, eliminating the four-time world champions, Rapinoe was overcome with emotion.

The Olympic gold medal winner hoisted up her shirt in an attempt to hide her face.

Ten minutes after the game, the television cameras picked out Rapinoe being consoled by team-mate Lynn Williams after the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner's dream of ending her USA career on a high were dashed.

"This is like a sick joke," said Rapinoe. "For me personally, I'm just like, this is dark comedy. I missed a penalty."

..."She's actually kind of an awful person," wrote journalist Brad Polumbo in the Washington Examiner. "Rapinoe has soccer skills for sure, but her entitled, flippant, and unpatriotic attitude is the epitome of first-world privilege."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: niceshotmegan
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last

1 posted on 08/07/2023 1:20:25 AM PDT by Cronos
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Rapinoe knows much about being a sick joke.


2 posted on 08/07/2023 1:50:24 AM PDT by Paladin2 (11.000)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

She ruined that team with her woke BS. Bullied them into hating the US and destroying their morale and motivation.


3 posted on 08/07/2023 1:57:10 AM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

“She’s actually kind of an awful person,” wrote journalist Brad Polumbo in the Washington Examiner. “Rapinoe has soccer skills for sure, but her entitled, flippant, and unpatriotic attitude is the epitome of first-world privilege.”

For all the horrible writing that passes for journalism these days those 2 sentences are absolutely spot on perfect.


4 posted on 08/07/2023 2:02:26 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

I’m glad she was humiliated. Karma is a witch.


5 posted on 08/07/2023 2:09:08 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Soccer is a sick joke in itself. It’s thousands of times worse when played by commie lesbian freaks.


6 posted on 08/07/2023 2:10:39 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

“I know that I will walk away from the game having got everything out of it that I possibly could”

Yeah, like making money doing commercials in a country you openly profess to hate instead of being a team player.....and it finally bit her ass.

Not to worry though, unfortunately we haven’t seen the last of this little troll.
I strongly suspect she will sign a lucrative contract with espn no doubt so she can continue to espouse her hateful vitriol.


7 posted on 08/07/2023 2:10:43 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

A couple of days ago I said to myself, I hope they lose.

Just because of this unpatriotic woman’s attitude towards the USA.

Looks like I got my wish.

Imo, they lost because of her.


8 posted on 08/07/2023 2:17:47 AM PDT by Syncro (God is Good Facts is Facts )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Poor, poor Icarus.


9 posted on 08/07/2023 2:34:06 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

A search for fame ends in infamy.


10 posted on 08/07/2023 2:41:46 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

She’s the “Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg” of the gay movement.

Next thing she’ll be on The View and given a $50 million advance for a book that no one will buy and no one will read.

That’s how it works in the land of anarchy. And under Biden US Taxpayers will pay for it all.

Money Laundering is big business in Washington DC these days.

Glad she missed her shot. It symbolizes what gays give to society. It’s a LOSS
And there are repercutions for those who live it.


11 posted on 08/07/2023 2:53:53 AM PDT by Chuck N
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

I read elsewhere that if you watch her trotting back to the team there was a small smile on her face as if she missed on purpose ...


12 posted on 08/07/2023 2:55:32 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Good riddance to an arrogant failure as a human being who brought failure and embarrassment to American women’s soccer.

If it’s WOKE it’s BROKE !!!!!


13 posted on 08/07/2023 2:59:10 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Syncro

She wasn’t the only one to miss, but if she’d scored they would have won (there would have been no extra rounds).

It was a beautiful way to see her last touch of the ball for the US; can’t even say the goalie saved it...


14 posted on 08/07/2023 3:00:27 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

“I know that I will walk away from the game having got everything out of it that I possibly could”

Real team player there.


15 posted on 08/07/2023 3:01:53 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Iron Munro

Our “president” gave her (rhymes with witch) the Medal of Freedom earlier this year yet he publicly advocated taking the same award away from Rush Limbaugh when he was dying of cancer. This person is all for equality - when it benefits her. Thus, she demanded and got equal pay for women’s soccer which is odd since no one watches it - they bring in 1/4 of what the men do and were defeated by a 15-year old boys’ soccer team in Texas. But then again, Jill Biden is a “doctor” and her husband is “president” so anything goes.


16 posted on 08/07/2023 3:04:33 AM PDT by laconic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: lefty-lie-spy

The Queen of the American Lesbian Soccer League.


17 posted on 08/07/2023 3:09:13 AM PDT by Iron Munro ( An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Cheer up, scrote. At least you won’t have to listen to that hated anthem anymore.


18 posted on 08/07/2023 3:25:54 AM PDT by Flag_This
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: laconic

19 posted on 08/07/2023 3:27:31 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

The lesson of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: Don’t believe the hype.


20 posted on 08/07/2023 3:29:58 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson