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Former President Donald Trump slammed Megan Rapinoe for missing a penalty kick in overtime, losing a chance at the FIFA World Cup for the US Women's National Soccer Team.
Rapinoe, 38, spectacularly blew the kick in a penalty shootout following a scoreless 90 minutes and overtime. Sweden ended up winning the penalty shootout 5-4.
Trump posted on Truth Social, “The 'shocking and totally unexpected' loss by the US Women's Soccer Team to Sweden is fully emblematic of what is happening to our once great nation under crooked Joe Biden.
“Many of our players were openly hostile to America- No other country behaved in such a manner or even close. Woke equals failure. Nice shot Megan, the USA going to Hell!!! MAGA”
The loss to Sweden knocked the US, two-time defenders of the Cup, out of the Australia games.
Trump and Rapinoe had previously sparred on social media over Rapinoe and the team's focus on "wokeness" and kneeling for the National Anthem while representing the US.
Rapinoe, who previously announced her retirement at the end of this season, seemed to laugh as she walked off the field after missing the penalty shot in overtime, but later cried when reporters asked her following her final match with the team if there was a "memory that stands out" to her during her career with US soccer.
Rather than discussing a moment from her playing time, she answered, "I mean, probably the equal pay chance, after the [2019] final.”
The women’s team previously advocated for equal pay to the men's soccer team after winning their second Women's World Cup, despite the men’s team outearning the women's team by a significant amount.
She continued, "I think you know, they're saying equal pay but could have been saying a lot of things. I think this team has always fought for so much more and that's been the most rewarding part for me. Of course, playing in World Cups and winning championships and doing all that but to know that we've used our really special talent to do something, that's really like changed the world forever. I think that means the most to me, and the players in this locker room here, they're just getting started and to all the players I've played with, obviously, who know what it's like to be in the grind, that's the best part."
Rapinoe, 38, spectacularly blew the kick in a penalty shootout following a scoreless 90 minutes and overtime. Sweden ended up winning the penalty shootout 5-4.
Trump posted on Truth Social, “The 'shocking and totally unexpected' loss by the US Women's Soccer Team to Sweden is fully emblematic of what is happening to our once great nation under crooked Joe Biden.
“Many of our players were openly hostile to America- No other country behaved in such a manner or even close. Woke equals failure. Nice shot Megan, the USA going to Hell!!! MAGA”
The loss to Sweden knocked the US, two-time defenders of the Cup, out of the Australia games.
Trump and Rapinoe had previously sparred on social media over Rapinoe and the team's focus on "wokeness" and kneeling for the National Anthem while representing the US.
Rapinoe, who previously announced her retirement at the end of this season, seemed to laugh as she walked off the field after missing the penalty shot in overtime, but later cried when reporters asked her following her final match with the team if there was a "memory that stands out" to her during her career with US soccer.
Rather than discussing a moment from her playing time, she answered, "I mean, probably the equal pay chance, after the [2019] final.”
The women’s team previously advocated for equal pay to the men's soccer team after winning their second Women's World Cup, despite the men’s team outearning the women's team by a significant amount.
She continued, "I think you know, they're saying equal pay but could have been saying a lot of things. I think this team has always fought for so much more and that's been the most rewarding part for me. Of course, playing in World Cups and winning championships and doing all that but to know that we've used our really special talent to do something, that's really like changed the world forever. I think that means the most to me, and the players in this locker room here, they're just getting started and to all the players I've played with, obviously, who know what it's like to be in the grind, that's the best part."
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