No distractions for U.S. team ahead of women's FIFAWWC defense
LONDON - Defending champions the United States are in their own private ‘bubble’, shutting out any distraction ahead of the women’s World Cup starting in France on Friday, and loving it.
“We try to create this bubble when you come into here and the focus has been extraordinary,” USWNT head coach Jill Ellis told reporters.The three times champions, favorites for a fourth, sued their soccer federation in March with allegations of gender discrimination and complaints about lower wages and unfavorable working conditions.
“All of the conversations basically when we got here have been ‘how can we not succeed with everything that’s given to us?’,” she added.
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