More venting over the US Women's soccer team

They COULD Have Been Heroes  "As patriots, we want to root for anyone who is wearing the American flag on their jersey. But I’ve gotta confess – some of the women on the U.S. Soccer team have made that very hard to do, and I actually found myself rooting for them to lose. " . . .

Levin on U.S. women’s soccer players’ flag disrespect: ‘This team embarrassed

us’

. . . "Specifically, Levin called out Meagan Rapinoe and her “foul mouth,” saying she “has trashed our country” and “trashed the president” while representing the United States on the world stage: “I’m supposed to be rooting for her? I’m not rooting for her.”
“I like getting behind our teams when they’re playing on the international forums and so forth, but this team embarrassed us.”

The host added that the other finalist team from the Netherlands “was more respectful to our flag and more respectful of our country” than were Rapinoe and Allie Long, whose postgame celebration dance on Sunday drew criticism for their treatment of the American flag" . . .

Some claimed Team USA showed a lack of class for celebrating goals deep into its 13-0 rout of Thailand.

Is this the best our country produces?

Alex Morgan taunts the British

Some of the toughest criticism against the team was leveled by former soccer players like Clare Rustad, who played on the Canadian women’s national soccer team from 2000 to 2008.  . . . “ 'This was disgraceful from the United States,” she said during a panel discussion on The Sports Network. “I would have hoped they could have won with humility and grace but celebrating goals 8, 9, and 10 the way they were doing is really unnecessary.”
"Network host Kate Bei agreed, adding that given how many wins Rapinoe “has scored countless goals on the international stage,” it was unacceptable for her to keep “celebrating like she had her first.' ”  . . .

Comment: Congratulations on embarrassing America in front of the world, ladies …

Hating America is good marketing  . . . "But facts and logic do not matter in this bamboozle. Like Colin Kaepernick before her, Rapinoe wants product endorsements. For a minor sports star, the way you do that is to attract attention by generating controversy.

Have you all seen me?

"She has ticked off all the little boxes to tick off real Americans to gain sympathy among the anti-American crowd.
"None of them would ever leave the country like James Baldwin and other black people of means did when Jim Crow laws were on the books.
"Indeed, if America were as evil as she said it is, why is she playing on its team? Surely France could use her services.
"I am at a loss to explain this anti-American phenomenon among those who benefit most from America. Kaepernick for example was raised by a wealthy white couple. The elitists and people who want to be elitist are the biggest ingrates in the world. They won the lottery by being born American." . . .