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U.S. Soccer blasts Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during anthem.
NY Daily News ^ | 9/16/16 | Andy Clayton

Posted on 09/17/2016 1:37:00 AM PDT by L.A.Justice

The suits that run U.S. Soccer aren't standing - or should we say, kneeling - with Megan Rapinoe.

The federation that runs the national programs blasted the World Cup champ for taking a knee during the national anthem before Thursday night's friendly against Thailand in Columbus, Ohio.

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


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KEYWORDS: soccer
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I am disappointed with what Megan did... She is a good player...

US soccer federation released the statement...It did not approve of Megan not standing up... Head coach Jill Ellis expressed the same view...

Colin K does not play for Team USA. But, Megan R does play for Team USA. Megan R should resign from the national team if she felt so strongly that US is a terrible country.

If she resigned, she would stop getting paid by US soccer... I guess Megan is not angry enough to quit a nice job playing soccer, representing US...

I think standing up for national anthem should be mandatory for national team members...Athletes, who don't like that, should be kicked out of the national team...

I do not think the US soccer federation would dismiss Megan from the national team. It has to worry about gay lobby...Remember she is a lesbian. US federation does not want to be called anti-gay for firing Megan R...

When US soccer dismissed Hope Solo from the team, it did not have to worry about the gay lobby...Hope Solo is not a lesbian...

I have followed the US women's national team ever since the Rose Bowl game against China...That was the Women's World Cup final...

I even attended women's professional games...I talking about WPS days...

I think I will not watch games of USWNT as long as Megan is still part of the team...

It would be nice if many conservative soccer moms would write to US soccer federation and complain...

By the way, Tim Howard supported what Colin K did...He is the goalkeeper for US Mens' Team. However, Howard would not sit during national anthem...I guess, like Colin, Tim thinks that US is a horrible country...But, he would still show respect for national anthem...

US Coach Klinsmann said that he would not punish any player for not standing up for national anthem...Klinsmann is in charge of the men's team...

1 posted on 09/17/2016 1:37:01 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: L.A.Justice

It’s a shame that people don’t honor the flag for the ideals it stands for and for the sacrifices made for those ideals. No country on this planet has had a perfectly noble past. I doubt that they will kneel or turn their backs on the flags of other countries next time they play a foreign team.


2 posted on 09/17/2016 1:57:11 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: L.A.Justice

Some people will do anything for attention. Mark her in the loser column.


3 posted on 09/17/2016 1:59:37 AM PDT by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: L.A.Justice

What if everyone kneeled and we made that the new thing?
Like kneeling before the monarchy.
It takes more effort to kneel.


4 posted on 09/17/2016 2:20:17 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If half the people kneel as respect, the kneelers in protest will be canceled out and largely unknown.


5 posted on 09/17/2016 2:21:59 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: L.A.Justice

How many soccer players have been shot by police?
Kneel down to protest ok, try kneeling down to pray and see all the screams of religion invading their safe place.


6 posted on 09/17/2016 2:23:44 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Clinton a gazillion wrong moves)
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To: L.A.Justice

Make America look bad during the anthem, and you’re fired! I’m sick of these sports idiots! Who needs them?


7 posted on 09/17/2016 3:12:41 AM PDT by W. (Trump's here to kick ass or chew bubblegum, and he's all out of gum!)
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I saw some comments from this Megan Rapinoe when this story hit the news a few weeks ago.

She sounds as dumb as a post. She makes Colin Kaepernick sound like a brain surgeon.

8 posted on 09/17/2016 3:57:40 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: W.
I'm sick of these sports idiots! Who needs them?

The ones I'm sick of are the enablers who let a few compromised fools set the agenda, which then spins out of control.

Governor Nicki Haley. Stupid college students who populated early BLM marches. Police and city officials who let BLM protest and march and vandalize without permits. Roger Goodall. A complicit media. That's just some of them. These outrageous designs to destroy our national identity would be thwarted if these fools did their jobs, which is to stand up for the principles that made the US great.

9 posted on 09/17/2016 4:01:56 AM PDT by grania (I'm Deplorable)
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Klinsmann is an @sshole, if that's the case.

Any good coach of a national team would bench one of his players for sitting during the national anthem of an opposing country's national team. No real coach would tolerate that kind of disrespect and poor sportsmanship. And you certainly hold your players to AT LEAST the same standard when it comes to the U.S. national anthem.

I guess that's what you get when you hire a foreigner to coach your national team.

10 posted on 09/17/2016 4:02:18 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: skr

They dont teach American history anymore and when they do its revisionist and they only tell you what they feel is wrong and evil about it


11 posted on 09/17/2016 4:20:41 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: grania

Yeah, them, too. So many idiots, so little time...


12 posted on 09/17/2016 4:27:52 AM PDT by W. (Trump's here to kick ass or chew bubblegum, and he's all out of gum!)
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To: L.A.Justice

Schools Crack down on “USA, USA” Chant, Ban Flags

http://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2016/09/16/schools-crack-down-on-usa-usa-chant-ban-flags-n2219097?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=


13 posted on 09/17/2016 4:43:09 AM PDT by GailA (If politicians won't keep their promises to the Military, they won't keep them to you!)
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To: L.A.Justice

To quote Stern making fun of Seinfeld, “who are these people?”. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, that is a good thing, mostly.


14 posted on 09/17/2016 4:46:15 AM PDT by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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Free speech?

Or something else.

ACLU stAted that they have the sitters and kneelers back...

The ONLY recourse is boycott and a email/ letter campaign to the front office.

Negative motivation will kick in coupled with a page from the Alinsky playbook and perhaps the message will be effectively communicated.

Inundate with push back.


15 posted on 09/17/2016 4:47:33 AM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: L.A.Justice

If you are on thr national team, you represent this nation to the world. It is similar to being a diplomat. Rapinoe should be dropped from the national team. Solo was suspended for making an inappropriate statement. What is the difference?


16 posted on 09/17/2016 5:22:08 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If everyone would stand in a circle around the kneeler a, then the camera would never see the kneeling scum and their protests would be in vane


17 posted on 09/17/2016 5:24:09 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: FreedomGuru

She did not kneel down during the playing of the Thai national anthem. She stood in respect for their country. What’s wrong with this picture?


18 posted on 09/17/2016 5:30:01 AM PDT by kabar
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To: L.A.Justice

I hope this is the end of any endorsements she might have or obtain in the future. As for athletic endorsements in general, why pay any athlete to endorse a product? Give the money to a local youth sports group and show them cheering the product.


19 posted on 09/17/2016 5:41:27 AM PDT by Ciexyz (The Democratic ticket, whoever it will be, will continue to be bad for me and America.)
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I’m sure this wench stood during the Thai national anthem. A country under military rule.


20 posted on 09/17/2016 6:17:53 AM PDT by sunrise_sunset
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