The US women’s national team has once again risked the ire of the American public after more than half of the team refused to sing the national anthem before their World Cup group game against the Netherlands in Wellington.
Later, in a game anticipated for months – a repeat of the 2019 World Cup final – the Dutch held the star-studded world champions to a 1-1 draw.
The silent “protest” was labelled “embarrassing” and “disrespectful” by one prominent pundit in the States and also drew strong criticism on social media, with some accusing members of the US women’s squad of failing to be patriotic enough on the global stage.
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Why should they sing the anthem of a country that doesn’t protect their rights? A country full of racism, sexism, misogyny, queerphobia, that doesn’t care one but for its citizens? We don’t even have freedom, so why should anyone sing the anthem of a country that hasn’t done much of anything for any of us who aren’t rich? I’ll sing the anthem when the U.S. becomes something to be proud of.
They must not know how they live in a free country. The team is divided. It's no wonder they lost
Lol, all of these angry people in the comments are the same people that were celebrating Elon Musk for “saving” free speech on Twitter.
Notice only the ugly ones are disrespecting the anthem!
Looks like the Woke Democrat 🤖 Bots are not going to touch this comment thread 😎. Well done Patriots.
I don’t blame them for not singing that song. It was written by a slave owner sooooo
THEY SHOULD BE STRUNG UP BY THE BALL'S…
Glad that they lost.
Viva Spanish 😂😂😂
The American dream is dead
They should never be allowed to play for their country again
Unless they dont know the lyrics, why are they playing for this team i don't understand? 8-19-2023
They have to go through the rest of their lives with the label they pinned on them selves as unpatriotic worthless TRASH.
The players who sang also had their hand on their heart. The others had hands behind their back & did not sing. I don’t think the non-singers forgot the words. Their protest was obvious. Do they really think this protest is causing change for the better?
I can't see what they did wrong? Please explain.
Kneelers need the Anthem but the Anthem does not need the Kneelers.
Why did the refuse to sing the US anthem?
Disgusting!!😡 Poor sportsmanship and showing no respect for veterans that fought a tougher fight than these wimps ever did for them to have the freedom to even be on that field!!
as an European I am shocked why they not sing there anthem i mean they are not even trying i mean WTF only one of them sings ot of her hart but the others i mean why
Never realised it was a issue or protest until I saw this 😂 it’s not the end of the world.
trash team
And some of the players are actually standing sideways, intentionally not looking at the flag. Let’s hope we choose our team more wisely next time.
Why represent your country then? Bunch of clowns.
Send em to another country
Let them live in China awhile.
they all should be fired
They hate their country so bad
Go live elsewhere
Disrespect those that came before us to fight for our freedom
So which country are they represent.?
Just the brave ones did sing
That’s why they lost
Women : ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME , EVERYTHING ELSE DOESN'T MATTE EXCEPT WHEN IT IS ABOUT ME !!!!!!!
Glad they lost.
I feel like furgy botching the national anthem is worse lol
They were all standing for national anthem. Not everyone sings when it plays. Its another right wing lie. These GOP will not stop at anything that will make anyone that wants to protest something they don't believe in, look horrible. Americans should use their brains, and start thinking for themselves. Dont believe Fox News, and also far left nonsense. Its all propeganda to divide the American citizens, who have been misrepresented for decades by the complete crooked senate and house members. Get money out of politics. These clowns are not working for us at all. We need a 3rd party.
The Donald will have something to say about this….report back to your stations Team USA.
traitors shouldn't be allowed to play for their national team
Who even cares about patriotism anymore?
USA is doomed as a country.
The women not singing are not American they have no respect for there country
No one in America has ever had to sing the national anthem, its makes no sense to force Americans to have to sing it. That is everything our country is against. Taking this out of context is bogus and severely extreme.
As a American I hope they continue to lose and go back to the hole they climbed out of.
This isn't much of a protest. I don't understand why anyone would even care who sings the national anthem.
That’s a very misleading title. Six players they had their hand on the heart.
Idiots. 😂 so glad they lost.
What’s embarrassing is that they are the worst team in uswnt history in terms of results.
Someone name all the players who didnt sing the national.anthem
discusting sport is sport should be baned from sport and convescate all earnings from sport once agen discusting