When the Anthem is played it is normal to face the Flag, or if one is not visible to face the music source. Facing an available Flag is the priority.

flashguy

I look at it this way , if you don't want to put your hand over your heart then that's fine with me . Be respectful of your teammates that do . When you kneel , which is directly against established protocol then you are deliberately trying to be disrespectful and provocative .

Couldn’t have been happier to see that they had lost. I don’t like rooting against the US but I’m glad Rapinoe ends her career with a loss.

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Couldn’t have been happier to see that they had lost. I don’t like rooting against the US but ...

Rooting against Rapinoe and that team isn't "rooting against the U.S." Quite the opposite.

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Originally posted by Spiff_P239:
Couldn’t have been happier to see that they had lost. I don’t like rooting against the US but I’m glad Rapinoe ends her career with a loss.

Not just a loss, but a loss she could have prevented if her last act as a soccer player hadn't been a failure.

Kinda surprised this hasn't been posted, not for the weak of heart. Thanks, Nike

Spectator Life
Sport
Matt McDonald
Why everyone is delighted the US women’s soccer team is out
7 August 2023, 11:31am
From Spectator Life
(Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)


Americans awoke on Sunday morning to find themselves bathing in wave after wave of schadenfreude. In Melbourne, the unthinkable had happened: the US Women’s National Team had been defeated – and eliminated from the football World Cup.

The online criticism was unrelenting. ‘They really are equal to the men’s team,’ said The Spectator World’s Stephen L. Miller. ‘Any men’s team that was as cocky as this US women’s soccer team and got eliminated this early in a shocking upset would get absolutely obliterated by sports media,’ tweeted radio host Clay Travis.

The US women are already widely disliked internationally for appearing cocky

After a languid and leggy group stage performance that saw the team fail to win for the first time since 2015 and go through to the knockout stages in second place, America’s ladies looked much more positive in regulation time against Sweden. But a gargantuan performance from Swedish goalkeeper Zećira Mušović kept the US at bay – and after 120 minutes it was time for penalties.

To the delight of many, Megan Rapinoe was one of the three to fluff her lines for the US. After coming on in extra time for Alex Morgan, who had a weak penalty saved in the opening match against Vietnam, Rapinoe skied her effort well over the bar – a dispiriting final kick of her career. Then for Sweden, Lina Hurtig’s shot was initially saved by Alyssa Naeher, but the ball rebounded off the woodwork and was shown by the video assistant referee to have fully crossed the line: the US were out.

The US women are already widely disliked internationally for appearing cocky – many fans hadn’t forgotten their wild over-celebrations of the 13 goals they put past Thailand at the start of the last World Cup. The Fox Soccer adverts promoting the tournament didn’t exactly help matters – with actors hamming it up to play national stereotypes of the US’s chief rivals brainstorming ideas to beat America.

‘The entire world is gonna do whatever it takes to stop the US,’ one woman says. ‘Good luck with that,’ replies Alex Morgan to camera.

But events since the last tournament have seen the team’s popularity decline domestically. First it was the complaints and lawsuits about the pay disparity between them and the men’s team. The team also came under fire for not singing the national anthem enthusiastically enough or, in some cases, at all.

Add to that Rapinoe’s decision to embrace her role as a culture-war lightning-rod: the purple-haired winger was a constant and vocal critic of the Trump administration and knelt in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

More recently, she’s drawn fire for endorsing trans women competing in women’s sports – perhaps an indicator that her role as an advocate for the LGBTQIAA+ community is more important to her than standing up for her fellow female athletes. ‘Show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening,’ she told Time magazine. ‘Never mind Lia Thomas, Laurel Hubbard, CeCe Telfer, Terry Miller, Andraya Yearwood, Juniper Eastwood, Keelin Godsey, Gabbi Ludwig or Athena Del Rosario,’ my colleague Amber Athey pointed out last month.

‘On a positive note, Ms Rapinoe wants to pack the [US team] with biological males, so they should win everything going forward,’ joked Piers Morgan after the defeat. The end of US women’s soccer dominance is upon us – which, whisper it, is probably good for the game overall.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/ar...-soccer-team-is-out/

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The US women are already widely disliked internationally for appearing cocky

YUUUUUUUUGE swing and a miss with THAT statement!!! IDGAS if a player or team is cocky. What I care about is their attitude toward the country they are representing. If you're a Communist, National Anthem kneeling BITCH, then YES...THAT is the beef I have with the "team". RapiHO could be the cockiest player on the face of the planet IF...IF...she had respected MY country, MY flag, and MY National Anthem.

They can FOAD and the media can make as many excuses for them as it wants.

The article does get it right in the last several paragraphs...

Sadly, Rapinhead will be offered an analysts role with one of the lib networks so we have not seen the end of her bs quite yet.

Megan VapidHo.

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Sadly, Rapinhead will be offered an analysts role with one of the lib networks so we have not seen the end of her bs quite yet.

Oh , I've seen the last of her . I can promise you that .

The purple pinhead will die of self inflected wounds.

I wonder how long it will be before they demand another pay raise.

My response would be, “We’ll give you a raise as soon as y’all beat that boys Jr. High team.”

Sky News Australia pulls no punches. "If you're woke and lose, it's not a good combination"

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I wonder how long it will be before they demand another pay raise.

How about a pay refund?


USWNT Generated $3.25 Million In Revenue But Will Take Home Over $7 Million In Equal Pay Revenue Split With Men’s Team

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The USWNT financial numbers are in, and the women are due for a big payday despite an early exit from the Women’s World Cup.

Last year, the US Soccer Federation, the USWNT, and the USMNT came to an agreement that the women’s and the men’s team would split their revenues equally after US Soccer recouped their fees. The main reason for the historic deal was because everyone felt that FIFA’s pay structure was unfair to the women.

Via ESPN

U.S. Soccer, the women’s national team and the men’s national team came together for a historic and first-of-its-kind deal: The two teams would pool their FIFA prize money together and then split it equally among both teams. Although FIFA prize money is still unequal, the teams have chosen to split it equally.

For this Women’s World Cup, FIFA is offering a total of $150 million, compared to $440 million for the Men’s World Cup last summer.

According to Sportico’s Emily Caron, the USWNT will take home over $7 million despite bringing in $3.25 million in revenue thanks to the newly formed revenue split.

“some USWNT math: the U.S. will take home $3.25 million for its round of 16 exit. that’ll be added to the $13m the men’s team earned in Qatar. 10% of the $16.25m total will go to U.S. soccer + the remaining $14.625m will be shared equally between both squads (~$298k per player),”

After fans reacted to her analysis, Caron pointed out that the men’s team agreed to the equal pay deal and would have benefited from it in year’s past when they didn’t qualify for the World Cup.

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Once again, women fleece the men because #equality. Be sure to thank a simp for "empowering women" while fucking over their fellow man.

IMHO. the USWNT had every opportunity to grow their sport, make it more attractive to a larger audience, and generate more income.

However, they chose to flip the middle finger at their country, go totally woke, and become a platform for a fringe.

How did that work out for you?