Michael Jordan in basketball. Mohammed Ali in boxing. Michael Phelps in Swimming. Usain Bolt in sprinting. Pep Guardiola's Barcelona in Spanish football. Real Madrid in the Champions League. Messi, Ronaldo and Pele. These are all teams or sportsmen that epitomize domination, those that possess an unmatchable sporting prowess and whose achievements transcend sport. They have accomplished things that will likely never been repeated, they've won medals, scored goals and lifted trophies that will go down into history forever. There is one name, however, that's missing from that list: The US Women's National Team (USWNT) and their superiority in Women's international football.
The USWNT team is an icon in women's sport; a true pioneer both on and off the pitch. On a sporting level, their list of triumphs is endless. The USWNT has won the World Cup four times in their history and now, as the US press has labelled it, are going for a three-peat (play on words in English with 'three' and repeat'), which a reference to the fact that a triumph at this edition would be their third winners medal in the same number of tournaments.
This stat is already impressive, but when you bear in mind that the first Women's World Cup was played as late as 1991, and only 8 have been played since, it really helps to one to realize how much the team hasn't dominated women's soccer. For those who haven't done the mental arithmetic already, that's a whopping 50% success rate...yes, half of the World Cups that have been played have been won by the USWNT. What's more, the team has only missed out on a podium finish once in their history at the World Cup and the Olympics. That dark day took place in 2016 when it was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Olympics in Rio.
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This team, starting 1985 (when the USA played their first international game), set the standard way back then, and each World Cup we've had the opportunity to build in the groundwork that has been set for us, says goalkeeper and two-time World Cup Alyssa winner Naeher in the USWNT's day two press conference. Previous generations of players have started that and it's now our responsibility to continue that mindset of the U.S. women's national team.
That mindset is to win, which something that most people expect them to do again in Australia and New Zealand. The FIFA number one ranked team- a record they've boasted for 13 years- are favorites to lift the prestigious trophy once again. That has been reflected in the bookmakers' prices- most will pay out next to nothing for a US triumph.
Despite expectations, the players have, on numerous occasions, reiterated the idea that 'pressure is a privilege' and that it is actually something that helps them thrive. You want to be at the top, you want to be the best team. It's definitely hard at times but this team historically has handled it so well and been consistent with it, says midfielder Kriste Mewis just a few days before the USA kick off their tournament against Vietnam. We're determined to keep that going.
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The 2023 Southeast Asian Games champions will be shivering at the prospect of taking on the current champions. In their last tournament, the US hammered Thailand 13-0 which is the most goals ever scored ever in a World Cup. It will take something special to stop this team from winning its fifth crown.We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019.
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Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, two stalwarts on the US Women’s National Soccer Team, have probably played in their last World Cup. Carmen Mandato/USSF/Getty Images
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Headed into the Women’s World Cup, the US women’s national soccer team (USWNT) was aiming to make history and become the first team — men or women — to win three consecutive world cups. That all came crashing down this weekend when the top-ranked US lost in penalty kicks to Sweden in the round of 16, the first of the competition’s four knockout rounds. The final will take place on August 20.
Given the expectations of excellence that the USWNT has set since the sport started to flourish on the international stage — four World Cup wins, four Olympic gold medals, and medaling in every major international competition except for the 2016 Olympics — it was no doubt a disappointment. This was the best team in the world trying to accomplish a feat that takes 12 years to achieve, as World Cups only happen every four years.
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If you ask soccer experts, the loss wasn’t too surprising given the injuries key players sustained and questionable coaching decisions that were made. It was a transitional year for the US, with the team trying to find its identity among a mix of old-guard stars like 38-year-old Megan Rapinoe and new talent like 22-year-old Sophia Smith. Sports media and fans alike have already begun examining what went wrong, what little went right, and what the future of US women’s soccer is going to look like.
But the defeat has also become a talking point among a group of people who usually don’t have much to say about the sport: right-wingers, like former president Donald Trump and pundit Benny Johnson. In the wake of their defeat, USWNT has become subject to the claim that the US women lost because they were too woke and too progressive.
The game against Sweden kicked off at 5 am ET on Sunday, and the USWNT had lost on penalty kicks before most in their country had their first cup of coffee. The US team held even with Sweden during regulation, arguably playing one of the better matches of their tournament, while repeatedly being stymied by the Swedish goalkeeper. But they lost 5–4 on penalty shots after Rapinoe, Smith, and Kelly O’Hara missed their opportunities. As the day went on, a specific type of criticism began to circulate among right-wing personalities: The US women’s national team lost because they had gone “woke.”
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In a politicized and misleading tweet, Benny Johnson wrote, “BREAKING: Woke US Women’s Soccer Humiliation ... After winning back-to-back World Cups the heavily favored Team USA has been ELIMINATED by Sweden in the 16th round. Team USA’s downfall was delivered by anti-America, anti-woman activist Megan Rapinoe’s EMBARRASSING free kick ...”
Leaving aside the several technical errors in Johnson’s tweet (the US lost in the Round of 16, not the 16th round — there is no 16th round of the World Cup; and the video Johnson attached showed Rapinoe missing a crucial penalty kick, not a “free kick”), its tone didn’t capture what actually happened Sunday. The US is the top-ranked women’s soccer team in the world, and Sweden is ranked third — a margin that’s slimmer than Johnson suggests. Based on how poorly the US played in its group stage (the round-robin format that precedes the one-and-done matches), Sweden was always going to be a tough match for the US.
Later in the day, freshly indicted former president Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, warning that the loss was a signal of the United States’s fiery descent into the underworld: “Many of our players were openly hostile to America - No other country behaved in such a manner, or even close. WOKE EQUALS FAILURE. Nice shot Megan, the USA is going to Hell!!! MAGA.”
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The same kind of “woke = failure” rhetoric was implied in Fox commentator Alexi Lalas’s tweet about the game. (Fox happened to be the network broadcasting the Women’s World Cup.) Lalas wrote, “This USWNT is polarizing. Politics, causes, stances, & behavior have made this team unlikeable to a portion of America. This team has built its brand and has derived its power from being the best/winning. If that goes away they risk becoming irrelevant.”
Despite playing on the US men’s national soccer team, Lalas never came close to winning a World Cup. As his critics point out, in his own terms, this would make Lalas irrelevant. (Lalas has also previously tweeted support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose politics run diametrically opposed to that of some prominent US women’s players.)
But what are these guys, however inaccurately, trying to talk about? The US women’s national team has supported a number of progressive causes, mainly LGBTQ rights and equal pay for women.
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