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Post by Admin on Jun 26, 2019 19:38:32 GMT
On Monday, Megan Rapinoe scored two goals to send the US through to the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. On Wednesday, the President of the United States warned her not to “disrespect” her country.
Rapinoe, who has won the World Cup and Olympics with the USWNT, is outspoken on social issues and was the first white professional athlete to kneel for the national anthem in protest of social injustice in the United States, before US Soccer passed a rule requiring team members to stand for the anthem. In a video that has circulated on social media since Tuesday – but appears to have been filmed before the World Cup started – she said that she would not visit the White House if the team wins the tournament.
On Wednesday, Trump responded to Rapinoe’s comments, although he addressed Twitter user @meganrapino rather than Rapinoe’s official account @mpinoe before correcting it about an hour later.
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Post by Admin on Jun 27, 2019 18:22:55 GMT
 At least one person will not be watching this Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal face-off between the U.S. and France. On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm targeted at Megan Rapinoe, captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, after a video surfaced of the athlete saying she’s “not going to the fucking White House” if the team wins the championship. Rapinoe added that she didn’t believe the women’s team would be invited to the White House anyway. The video went viral after being posted by soccer magazine Eight by Eight. Trump was quick to respond, launching into a Twitter rant that began with Rapinoe’s comments and quickly veered into a parenthetical list of his own supposed political accomplishments, with a dig at the NBA tossed in for good measure. He circled back to Rapinoe, saying that he is a big fan of women’s soccer, but that her comments about being invited to the White House were presumptuous. “Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!” he tweet-yelled. “Finish the job!” He took the opportunity to extend his official invitation to the whole team, “win or lose.” |
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Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2019 17:46:04 GMT
In a phenomenal night of football, holders beat hosts as USA beat France 2-1 in the World Cup. The result sets the Americans up with a semi-final in Lyon against England. The match itself had everything one could want. So what did we learn?  This week Megan Rapinoe, whose two penalties saw the USA past Spain in the round of 16, has been in the news for saying that her side wouldn’t go to the White House if invited (a tradition for American sporting sides that win major honours). Obviously her reason, by implication as an out and proud member of the LGBTQ community, is that Donald Trump is a bigot and the American side want nothing to do with him. Trump has since fired back on Twitter, as he does, saying that Rapinoe should “win before she talks”.  Well, I guess Megan was listening because she hammered home two spectacular goals, one in either half, to ensure that America see off their biggest challengers. Her first was an impossibly accurate free-kick, bending and curling whilst also defying physics by seemingly passing through player’s bodies before fooling Sarah Bouhaddi who saw it so late, that was 1-0. Then in the second half, with the USA under pressure as France launched wave upon wave of assault on their goal – they broke down the right-hand side and Tobin Heath pinged a low cross into the area for Sam Mewis, but France defended the near-post well and Morgan couldn’t get it. Luckily Rapinoe was coming in on the far-post and thumped the Americans two ahead. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 3, 2019 17:38:28 GMT
President Trump on Wednesday announced a delegation of female officials to attend the Women's World Cup final in France this weekend to support the U.S. national team.
The seven-person delegation will be led by Deputy Commerce Secretary Karen Dunn Kelley, the White House said.
Other administration officials who will attend Sunday's match in Lyon are U.S. Ambassador to France Jamie McCourt, Director of the Peace Corps Josephine Olsen, Health and Human Services official Seema Verma and State Department official Marie Royce.
Shauna Rohbock, a former professional soccer player and member of Trump's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition will also join, as will Kelly Loeffler, co-owner of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.
The U.S. women's national team will face either Sweden or the Netherlands in Sunday's final match.
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Post by Admin on Jul 4, 2019 17:45:51 GMT
Since the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s stirring defeat of England Tuesday afternoon, President Trump has tweeted about the Fourth of July, the Federal Reserve board, the Census, the Fourth of July (again), the economy and the military. He has not said one word about the U.S. World Cup team. The most prolific tweeter in Oval Office history has gone mute on a topic that should be right up his alley: the overwhelming overseas success of the red, white and blue, especially right before the Fourth of July.  Trump has always told us he loves winning, especially American winning. He craves U.S. dominance on the world stage. With one game to go, that’s exactly what the U.S. World Cup team is providing.  Trump loves sports. He often tells us how much he loves women. He loves attaching himself to American greatness, even if he had nothing to do with it. He tweets all the time, about everything. And yet, not even one covfefe for the most beloved U.S. national team, men’s or women’s, in any sport? |
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