To the “who cares?” crowd. Many care, this isn’t 1965. I’m not going to condemn the entire team because of a couple of players. It was an exciting match, they’ve worked hard, and most of them are very proud to be representing the USA.
This is one of the few events where we can cheer on a USA *team* (vs. individuals in the Olympics). Same goes for the men’s team. The only other major sport where we come together is ice hockey. The rest of our sports, NBA, NFL, etc. are all city based celebrations.
I’m happy for them, especially the younger players, this is an amazing experience for them. For those that think soccer is just a fringe & boring game that nobody really cares about in the USA, I’ll just suggest you’re out of touch - it has grown leaps and bounds over the last 30 years.
Womens soccer is an inferior product. I guess its cool that people are so excited about a team that gets beat by under 15 boys on a regular basis.
FReepers hate Rapinoe, so they cheer against America's team.
Life goes on, I guess.
+infinity. Great post.
Maybe you misunderstand. It's soccer. Here in the South that is a game we have heard of like hockey and nothing more. So, "who cares?"