I wish someone had said this: That F or C will not end you. That rejection letter isn’t the end. You getting booted out of that school isn’t the last straw. That 32 on that test is ok. “Failure” is the beginning of the next chapter in your life. You will grow as the pages turn.
I hope these USWNT players are taking care of each other and their own mentals. Playing well or not, I am concerned, because this is the second major tournament they dont look like they’re having fun or are in flow during the game.
White privilege and apathy and performative activism on full display here. Why we say do the damn work and actively show you are about that life and not when it’s convenient. The marginalized don’t ever get to choose when and where they actively turn of their identities so yea
"I just felt that we had done enough of the kneeling and I just wanted to stand for my last World Championship game."
On tonight's episode of Kickin' It,
@kate_abdo
asks Carli Lloyd about her decision not to kneel in at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Like ESPNs refusal to legit cover WNBA and NWSL adequately for years has caused so much struggle in trying to get seen beyond advertising and marketing man. Only showing up when shit goes off the rails helps nobody.
How do you all not have Bri Scurry Goalkeeping kit available and jersey
@USWNT
@Nike
?? Have we not learned a thing???? Particularly for someone so iconic and allowed swaths of people to feel seen as a Black woman in soccer in America?? BFFR y’all.
Crystal Dunn balled all tournament while having to play on all three lines. Emma trusted her to start her ALL tournament AND kept her on field most of the it b/c Crystal’s IQ AND execution been amazing always for club AND country. Are we watching the same ⚽️ ? why the surprise??
Ain’t no way CP or Crystal to blame for Failure in the Olympics. They BALLED. USSF took a roster of hurt players, enabled toxicity, took no sport psychologist, over trained them in heat & most importantly deployed stupid tactics whilst leaving clear solutions on the bench.
She blocked me long ago, so she can be mad but she gotta BFFR . Want to be a game analyst?, be one and analyze what you see. Stop being bitter about sh*t you know damn well are not the reasons this team is struggling. Anyone devoid of analysis based in reality need not be on tv.
Coming back to Vtlako: How do you legit refuse to sub in the same Lynn Williams who saved your behind against the SAME team at the Tokyo Olympics? Hanh?! Like… make it make sense Mr. V?!
Make sure y’all show AD’s and Crystal’s children mad love on the
@USWNT
video streets when the time comes. And the reappearance of Syd’s clan too. 🤗🙌🏾👏🏾☝🏾
If you think players’ activism & fun is why this team looks bad while thinking the words of a woman who ran wind sprints post game & not onto the dimes sent her way in the semi final are valid, then YOU don’t understand soccer &need to check your racismo/bias. Do better.
Where is this
#uswnt
players were talking trash narrative is coming from?
Players don't have oversight into how Fox Sports/Nike marketed the World Cup.
Listen to any of the player's press conferences, and you'll hear nothing but respect for the competition.
“This USWNT not playing top teams cost them a gold medal” isn’t it. They literally played Canada and Sweden. They beat one and drew the other. Both teams used the SAME game plans. USWNT didnt make adjustments, use the clear cut obvious right line ups & rookie coaching sunk them
Do you watch women’s soccer? Do you watch this team? There are plenty. They are either not playing in their best positions, not used correctly or sitting on the bench. What is happening man…..
Millions of girls play soccer in America. How did the system produce only one player - Rose Lavelle - with consistent, world class, offensive creativity?
@KevOnStage
her season is suspended because of WNBA prioritization rule. She was trying to train for France , and currently is playing for a french squad. She can comeback and play for seattle next year
Y’all could give Lauren Holiday her correct flowers /love y’all out here showing to ole girly. But y’all don’t wanna be great. Lauren got inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame so y’all got an excuse to correct for the love she should’ve gotten long ago since USWNT aint replaced her
Don’t get it twisted Christen Press and Crystal Dunn still starting on this squad boo. Don’t y’all forget it. And they gone look amazing with all this youth whew
Now lets work on soccer being legit accessible to everyone in the USA and you not needing 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 or living in a certain place or being in an “Elite” club to play. Legit access and dismantling the gatekeeping. Mmm hmmm
U.S. Soccer has contacted former Barcelona manager Lluís Cortés for the USWNT position, according to
@relevo
. 🇺🇸
He led Barca to the 2020-21
#UWCL
, as well as a runner-up finish in 2018-19, won two league titles and two Copa de la Reina's. 🏆
If you happen to know her, do her a real one on reminding her what is happening in real time & impacts on her teammates. Need some grown ups who are real in her life to help her understand her privilege and accountability to talk to her.
#IndianaFever
’s Caitlin Clark on her name being weaponized in non-sports topics:
“It’s not something I can control. … And to be honest, I don’t see a lot of it.”
“People can talk about what they want to talk about. … I’m just here to play basketball.”
Qs by
@JimTrotter_NFL
Oh so y’all are underpaying her currently and she and her staff has transformed the club/academy system into a global powerhouse??Sheesh. Sexism will make you suffer and lose. Got USSF of all feds dropping $$$$$$$$$ to secure her services. Massive money fumble
Chelsea were prepared to QUADRUPLE the salary of Emma Hayes in an attempt to fend off interest from U.S. Soccer, per
@NizaarKinsella
🤯
However, their offers could not match the reported £1.3 million per year she will make with the USWNT 🇺🇸💰
Well I guess we entering the OH SHIT era in USWNT football. Baby this bout to look madly different and bless us!!! With all THAT talent including the talent internationally yall have yet to see! Whewww
Can. Not. Believe. An. Employee. In. California. Did. This! Like textbook workplace hostility and harassment under California Law. On official team signatures. Sheesh. Fix this mess
@NWSL
&
@JessicaBerman1
. Accountability in totality has to start TODAY!
Mal got healthy & put in the work to get back. Please give her credit & not men for HER greatness. Actually take time, ask what was her process and who did she work with. Most importantly give her HER OWN DAMN credit. Also it’s Black History Month y’all do better.
Wearing rainbows kits, throwing glitter in the air, coming to the pitch on unicorns & having a drag show at halftime will not make a player, who spoke mad hate in the press box of that same pitch under your okay to the 700 Club, become forgiven and repair the harm done, NCC
You know you can be Christian and actually madly inclusive and welcoming and loving of all humans and humanity even beyond your understanding ? You can love all people for who they are fully. Those Christians exist folks. We exist.
Yea if someone signs a letter first, the rest are alphabetical behind them: said individual wrote it out & got cosigns. Basically so you know what it is & who got you together so buck if you bout it. Do with that as you will. Remember to stan and respect Black women all the time.
reports of this team’s demise were greatly exaggerated, which is why we were so frustrated. we knew the talent, and there’s more to come. the world hasn’t properly met croix bethune or ally sentnor yet. this is just a start.
Hello NWSL if you play fall to spring, your stadiums will have to be heated and indoor. Also with feasible travel accommodations. Please think this out. USA is not Europe from a transportation model to how drastically cold it gets. Lawd…. Lol
Amazing damn near sold out stadium for the Gold Cup Final. See what marketing does? Do that for the whole damn tournament and including prelims and actually open the entirety of the stadium along with food and facilities next go round like you do for the men. More coming Monday
Megan Rapinoe got choked up when asked about a moment she & Carli Lloyd shared after the loss to Canada in (likely) their last Olympics. Meanwhile Carli is running suicides in the background the entire interview.
@CarliLloyd
is a warrior & an inspiration.
#USWNT
#Tokyo2020
#USA
I don’t want VAR in the NWSL until the production quality is fixed. Imagine trying to determine onsides or goal… and nary a camera angle captures it well OR misses it all together. Ahahaha no
Not y’all showing bull riding bruh on this channel over the damn soccer game. NWSL get serious about your broadcasting rights from stopping the potato cams AND figuring out your relationship with CBS by letting them shoot your matches & setup legit broadcast schedules
Soccer is popular GLOBALLY because it’s AFFORDABLE!!!! This is why it’s failed to boom in the USA. Sour cream citizen supremacy & it’s manifestations got y’all doing foolish sh*t and burning money while making stupid structures that make this game inaccessible in the 🇺🇸 .
Fire your winning coach instead of helping her get players and even offensive coaching support to do this?? And no game plan and treating the HC job for play play?? When your team is in playoff contention still AND in CONCACAF Champions League?? BFFR man
This is a beautifully dope moment. It’s not just being proud of a recovery journey. It’s a layered celebratory moment as Black women in this sport in-spite of doubt. ACFC isn’t just proof of a new way to run a team but proof Black superstars lead you also. Remember those layers.
Yo idk what that was
@nwsl
but do NOT allow the challenge cup to exist as frickin preseason tournament ever again if you give an iota of d
@mn
about your players. This should be it and move it in season. It’s truly simple asf.
I’ll say it again: MOST of the marketing struggles in the WNBA and NWSL = their sole focus in marketing being for/to the comfort of white people while not seeing value in all the diversity that watches the product. That’s why billions have been left on the floor. Sit with that.
If I repeatedly watched Sarah Gorden shut down all the forwards in the league, new or seasoned, including ones on your WNT, have watched her do it to other internationals while in Chi (PSG was in hell), AND do it at high speeds & effectively: I would simply call her up!🤷🏽♀️ ☎️
She been ballin since the jump, but it’s nice y’all are recognizing the 👑 🐐 now. However she’s been on of the best players along with Crystal Dunn for years. Vtlako is doing the obvious and starting her and boom. But we who been supporting been KNEW this !
So if you still weren’t perplexed by the coaching disaster of the USWNT after rewatching these games and are stuck blaming the players… you aren’t understanding the soccer you are watching. Likeeee
No pre-match press conference this week for Gotham FC. The virtual media availability previously scheduled for today with Ali Krieger and head coach Juan Carlos Amorós has been cancelled.
Aight NWSL Owners and Investors who are genuine and care about the players. It’s time to demand a DEI Division for the NWSL. It’s time. Hell use your money to make it happen
We. Literally. Have. Outside. Backs. In. The. NWSL. Who. Are. NT. Ready. That. No. Forward. Or. Midfielder. Has. To. Convert. For. The. USWNT. Ever.
Literally got a shutdown one at RB you refuse to play and one at LB you will not call up. Let’s get into this game film family
And stop bullsh*tting…put Tobin in the midfield behind CP and Sam behind Lynn. Those been some of your best pairs prior to these games and in game. But you won’t use them?! Are you trying to win?!?
Am I hallucinating? Are folks saying CBS forced Sponge Bob night on what should’ve been a Juneteenth celebration? Explain this to me like I am 3. Who caused Spongeteenth? Help us to understand the logic and whys so we can gather whomstever correctly
Sydney Leroux should be in camp. Point blank period. The most superior forward on the Orlando Pride. And in mad form. Figure it out Vtlako expeditiously.
Don’t be blaming these players. Baby this is a full coaching disaster and goes back to GMing also. Ask the coach and GM all the questions front and center.
Alot of questions. Why was this not advertised long before so folks could plan to go and so forth? Also this lack of advertising is just another sign of lack of care by the confederation this whole tournament man. It’s sad as hell.
The Concacaf W
@GoldCup
Skills Challenge will stream live on CBS Sports Golazo Network tonight at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT.
CBS Sports' Poppy Miller hosts with Lisa Carlin reporting. Our own Jenny Chiu, Darian Jenkins, Lori Lindsey and Jessica McDonald are among the 12 all-star
Was Nike not prepared for
@weareangelcity
jersey demand? I definitely had to cancel an order to just get jerseys in person at the next Challenge Cup game.
I want that to be clear because before one goes “my league would never” yours is too. They may have a big name or some funds but same shit. There needs to be global cleaning of houses because many badly behaving individuals find havens in woso due to the lack of accountability
Please keep y’alls racismo in check. Haiti is legit. So is Mexico. Don’t diminish Haiti’s awesome game today and don’t try to use this loss to diminish the league in Mexico. Gotta call y’all out now before you even think to write and talk that nonsense.
Man Sarah Gorden being on the pitch will do wonders for this team. Her analysis of the issues and then being able them to shift correctly will be massive
The E60 doc didn’t talk enough of the racism. It was noted in the Sally Yates report. Y’all have to understand how deep it is top to bottom & suffocating. It’s why you are not thinking soccer is an 🇺🇸 sport. The white supremacy is keeping it in inaccessible. We fight to fix this
Simone and CP should be starting together. Period. Figure it out. Jasmyne is a saint. Riley & Gilles need rest. The MIDFIELD is the issue. It ain’t Mccaskill or Dani and Endo should be in the midfield. So. Fix THE issue & b/c impacts 2 pivot def & offense. refer to: 81’sub effect
You need a 10. Play Stefany. Periodt. Dassit. CP can’t keep being midfielder and defender. Simone can’t be a sole 9. You can’t ignore the need for subs. If a certain midfielder is steps behind and won’t pass on time, the let them rest. Rotate midfield Freya
In a legit you care about a player’s well being & happiness world, the concept of player’s rights should be eradicated/ disappear. What’s the point of sitting on player’s rights or acquiring them like Pokémon cards without knowledge they desire to play for you? Make it make sense
We not talking crazy about Christen Muthaf*ckin Press not playing and questioning her ability when she was literally the best forward on the team and had no club before the Olympics. Stop being disrespectful and hating. She will be back soon to remind y’all. 👑 🐐‼️☝🏾🔥😈
Much love to
@mPinoe
!! You forever been a real one, a truly ally and advocate. And walked the walked to back up all the talk in your realest of ways!! On the pitch and off of it (IYKYK) ! Looking forward to your next chapters when you throw cleats up on the powerlines fam! 🙌🏾🔥
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Witness the powerful story of the reckoning in women’s pro soccer and how everything changed.
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Why is this tweet written like this?? In context of the game , y’all are making this seem that the goals fell on her solely, which means y’all weren’t watching what happened with comprehension. Like be better on WOSO/soccer coverage in general. 🤦🏾♀️
Spare a thought for New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore, who scored a perfect hat trick of own goals against the USWNT before being substituted in the 40th minute...
Last I checked Formiga is an incredible player who is still good AND a team player as we saw today so she could have played half the game AND allowed you to give younger players experience. Simply y’all ain’t respecting her greatness being on some gertrude yt nonsense lordt