The head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team gave a refreshing response when asked about her team’s political views after the re-election of President-Elect Donald Trump.
After years of the USWNT under Megan Rapinoe turning into an activist organization that happens to play soccer, head coach Emma Hayes said this week that her team has no time to discuss politics. Sounds wonderful.
The USWNT is in its first international period of play since Trump was re-elected on November 5, with a scheduled match against the England National Team in London on Saturday, November 30. They then head to Holland to play the Netherlands on Tuesday, December 3.
And when speaking to the media, Hayes was asked whether there’d been time during their preparations to talk about the election. “No,” she said. “We don’t. We definitely do not have time for conversations like elections.
“I sat next to one of the most competitive people I’ve ever met (Lindsey Horan). Lindsey will tell you about not winning on a couple of occasions this week in some of the (Cluedo) games we’ve had, including the league board. You can see in what she does that Lindsey’s all business. […]
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