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The USWNT got eliminated from the World Cup on Sunday morning, and a large contingent of American fans were happy about it.
The USWNT’s World Cup run has been mired in controversy after most of the team didn’t sing the national anthem in several games.
Most of the U.S. Women’s soccer players refused to sing our great national anthem.
What. A. Disgrace. pic.twitter.com/G8CJc22BMJ
— 3sidedstory 🇺🇲 (@3sidedstory) July 22, 2023
Rapinoe had been vocal about not singing the anthem in the past.
Via Yahoo Sports
The whole meaning of [the anthem],” she says, “changed dramatically” for her. It is now a “somber moment” for a “peaceful protest.”
I ask her what, if anything, might compel her to return to her old ways.
“It would take a lot,” she responds. “It would take criminal justice reform. It would take the huge inequality gap that we have to be much better. It would take a lot of progress in LGBTQ rights. We just have such a disparity in this country in so many different ways, inequality in so many different ways.”
Unfortunately for Rapinoe, she missed a crucial penalty kick against Sweden in the team’s loss on Sunday, and fans let her have it on social media.
https://twitter.com/ICU1010/status/1688183430884872193
Dear Megan Rapino, karma is a beautiful thing . Never disrespect the National Anthem.
Go Woke Go Home #USWNT pic.twitter.com/ZmStAiuwBC
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) August 6, 2023
I don't think I've ever cheered against a USA team ever. But the #uswnt was so unlikeable and entitled and whiny and arrogant that I couldn't cheer for them. I'm actually pleased they lost to Sweden. Which is shocking for me as a soccer fan to say. Rapinoe missed, even better.
— Jordan T. Moody (@jordantmoody) August 6, 2023
Not only did the anti-American WOKE woman's soccer team lose today.
Megan Rapinoe missed a penalty kick that would have sealed the win for the USA🤣🤣🤣
Talk about a win-win pic.twitter.com/S0hYPWX77E— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) August 6, 2023