A media appearance highlighted the team's missions of defending their world championship, growing the game's audience and discussing issue of fairness.
Megan Rapinoe said of FIFA support of the women's game, “The incremental change we’ve seen is just not enough.” By Steven Goff Steven Goff Reporter covering soccer , plus some college basketball. Email Bio Follow May 24 at 5:28 PM NEW YORK — Two weeks before the Women’s World Cup begins in France, the U.S. women’s national soccer team is here on several missions.
Forward Alex Morgan is on the cover of Time, and the entire team was invited to “Good Morning America.” As the day’s events wound down, the players engaged in a foosball game featuring figurines of themselves. As the Group F opener against Thailand on June 11 in Reims approaches, the Americans will turn full attention to on-field matters, such as tactics and formations. The long runway to the tournament, however, has provided opportunity to discuss fairness and the future.
A fear among fans is that the legal action will threaten to distract from the team’s on-field mission.“It doesn’t enter the locker room. It doesn’t enter the meeting space,” she said. “Part of it is we are working together and making this work. Yeah, I understand. I am a woman. I have a young daughter. I understand a lot of the bigger, social issues out there, but I also know right now the job is to get the team focused — and they are focused.
Beyond the players’ complaints with the USSF, they are also fighting for women’s soccer worldwide. FIFA, the sport’s international governing body, is starting to come around after dragging its feet on the female game, and many national federations have underfunded their women’s programs.
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