As the World Cup progresses, we can at least stop talking about how hard the United States is supposed to play
get extra oxygen. But the inspection also speaks to this U.S. team’s place as a target and standard-bearer—not to mention a women’s team—and the additional burdens that come with that. “I think our only crime was an explosion of joy last night,” star forward and team captainthe day after the victory against Thailand. “We’ve been really pretty pent up as well. We’ve had kind of a heavy lead-up, obviously everything off the field…so, if our crime is joy, then we’ll take that.
That the biggest team in this tournament has been talked about so much in terms of its celebrations isn’t a huge surprise. On top of the front-runner pressure, there are the off-field issues Rapinoe brought up; the magnifying glass the team is under has been a roving one. U.S. Soccer
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