Megan Rapinoe & The US Soccer Team

[NashVol11]

You people don't understand. Its not because Chastain was a greater player than Rapinoe - thats not what I am comparing. If it was, Hamm would be a better comparison. Its that Chastain was a better representative.

While Chastain's actions on the field and then afterward helped make woman's soccer loved and supported by a TON of new Americans, Rapinoe's actions have had just the opposite effect, turning half the country against her and the women's team.

Chastain made Americans love women's soccer. Rapinoe has made 1/2 of America hate it. Why should America love her when she clearly shows as often as she can that she hates all of us? THAT is the difference between them and why Rapinoe, for all of her talent when younger, will fade into history, while Chastain's moment in the sun will be iconic for generations to come.

Why is it so hard for people who get to play sports all day and make millions of dollars, to just STFU, enjoy the heck out of their game and love the country they represent?

Like Huff said, this is just rambling. If “half of Americans hate women’s soccer” then Chastain is going to fall away too, except among men that like that she took her shirt off.

If people get over it and continue to watch women’s soccer, which they will, then one of the best players in USWNT history (not to mention one of the biggest household names who led us through one of the best stretches in team history) is not going to “fade into history” lol

 

[Gandalf]

Like Huff said, this is just rambling. If “half of Americans hate women’s soccer” then Chastain is going to fall away too, except among men that like that she took her shirt off.

If people get over it and continue to watch women’s soccer, which they will, then one of the best players in USWNT history (not to mention one of the biggest household names who led us through one of the best stretches in team history) is not going to “fade into history” lol

People are odd. They tend to like those who like them. So if all of America becomes a rabid gay progressive feminist who happens to play soccer, then she will be held in high esteem.

If America doesnt turn into the cesspool that progressives want for us though, it would be better to be "just" an amazing soccer player who loved her country, like Hamm, Chastain and the others who made women's soccer the popular sport it is.

If it continues to have players like Rapinoe, it will decline in popularity, no matter how hard the media tries to pump it.

 

[NashVol11]

People are odd. They tend to like those who like them. So if all of America becomes a rabid gay progressive feminist who happens to play soccer, then she will be held in high esteem.

If America doesnt turn into the cesspool that progressives want for us though, it would be better to be "just" an amazing soccer player who loved her country, like Hamm, Chastain and the others who made women's soccer the popular sport it is.

If it continues to have players like Rapinoe, it will decline in popularity, no matter how hard the media tries to pump it.

Yes Rapinoe makes women’s soccer less popular even though the 2019 WWC where she was the best player was by far the most viewed of all time, great point and totally not rambling

 

[NashVol11]

“Rapinoe will make women’s soccer decline in popularity” whoops

Jersey sales soaring for USWNT, setting records

Nike said in its earnings report that the women's 2019 stadium home jersey is now the No. 1-selling soccer jersey, men's or women's, ever sold on Nike.com in one season. Fanatics said this is the top-selling U.S. Soccer national team, men's or women's, of all time, with sales more than 500% greater this year vs. the same period (through the semifinals) in 2015.

The success of the United States women's national team has helped drive business for Nike even past the jersey, which retails for $90. Parker said the energy around the World Cup, with nearly two-thirds of the teams wearing Nike kits and half the players wearing Nike boots, has pushed the company to the No. 1 position in market share for bras this quarter in North America for the first time in the company's history.

That statistic is impressive given the exposure Nike gained in 1999, when Brandi Chastain scored the winning goal against China in a shootout and tore off her jersey, revealing her sports bra -- and leading to one of the most iconic photos in women's soccer history.

 

[2EastTnVols]

If I wake up with a new pair of tits at least I won't have to ever leave the house.

 

[ButchPlz]

People are odd. They tend to like those who like them. So if all of America becomes a rabid gay progressive feminist who happens to play soccer, then she will be held in high esteem.

If America doesnt turn into the cesspool that progressives want for us though, it would be better to be "just" an amazing soccer player who loved her country, like Hamm, Chastain and the others who made women's soccer the popular sport it is.

If it continues to have players like Rapinoe, it will decline in popularity, no matter how hard the media tries to pump it.

And the more they call everyone who is tired of it "misogynists" and "bigots" the more that decline will accelerate.

 

[n_huffhines]

“Rapinoe will make women’s soccer decline in popularity” whoops

Jersey sales soaring for USWNT, setting records

The Netherlands game 2 weeks ago was the most watched group stage match ever, and it was on at like midnight and we're in an era where TV ratings are generally on the decline.

Repeatedly in this thread, people who are out of their element with soccer keep making up facts and narratives that they crafted from watching Fox News and the like. I'm turned off by Rapinoe. Fox News is turned off by Rapinoe. My best buds Clay and Jesse are turned off by Rapinoe. Womens soccer must be losing popularity.

Any number of facts will not convince them, and they'll come back with more invented BS.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The Netherlands game 2 weeks ago was the most watched group stage match ever, and it was on at like midnight and we're in an era where TV ratings are generally on the decline.

Repeatedly in this thread, people who are out of their element with soccer keep making up facts and narratives that they crafted from watching Fox News and the like. I'm turned off by Rapinoe. Fox News is turned off by Rapinoe. My best buds Clay and Jesse are turned off by Rapinoe. Womens soccer must be losing popularity.

Any number of facts will not convince them, and they'll come back with more invented BS.

Both of these are true

Rapinoe was a great player. There was a multi-year period where she was a Top 5 player in the world.

Rapinoe had no issue playing in a meaningful World Cup game in 2023 and her "legacy" inclusion on the team put them at a disadvantage.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

“Rapinoe will make women’s soccer decline in popularity” whoops

Jersey sales soaring for USWNT, setting records

Jerseys have names on them. So you are saying Rapinoes nasty 13yo boy looking self was responsible for all those jerseys sold in 2019? Bullsheit.

The hot chicks and best players are gonna always be the best sellers and she was neither. Shes a bitter, toxic nasty dyke and absolutely nobody is interested in that enough to actually spend their hard earned money except other lesbians...and there arent many of those regardless of how hard you leftist morons are trying to destroy this country.

Rapinoe is about as popular as a fart in a packed taxi and her garbage politics have taken a huge toll on the US team. Just like all the athletes in the NBA, NFL etc....they need to STFU and play ball. Nobody gives a damn what they think..about literally anything whatsoever outside their sports. Nothing.

Know what Michael Jordan said when asked why he never spoke about politics????

" because Republicans buy sneakers, too."

His Jordans sold more shoes LAST YEAR. (Decades after he retired) than EVERY OTHER NBA players shoes COMBINED. Feel free to look that up to verify.

Jordan was smart. To alienate half the pool of folks that COULD be a fan of you or buy your products is as damn stupid as pretty much everything else you Socialist morons come up with. Its like arguing with children who cannot read or something...trying to have a rational conversation with people who can say with a straight face that girls have penises and men can have babies. It is mind blowing that adults can be as damn stupid as modern lefties. The ignorance and cognitive dissonance is deafening.

 

[n_huffhines]

Both of these are true

Rapinoe was a great player. There was a multi-year period where she was a Top 5 player in the world.

Rapinoe had no issue playing in a meaningful World Cup game in 2023 and her "legacy" inclusion on the team put them at a disadvantage.

It's 100% true and wasn't a component of the point I was making. She should not have been on the team. The point was just all about the popularity of women's soccer.

 

[n_huffhines]

Jerseys have names on them. So you are saying Rapinoes nasty 13yo boy looking self was responsible for all those jerseys sold in 2019? Bullsheit.

He didn't say that. His point was to disprove the declining popularity, not to say specifically that Rapinoe was popular.

Saying "Republicans buy sneakers too" is more than what Jordan should have said if he's trying to be apolitical, but the people buying his sneakers aren't giant poons who were going to cancel him for making a political statement like that. He acknowledged Republicans for the expressed purpose of protecting his money and his business was fine. Bud Light acknowledged a trans person and their business suffered. Some members of the USWNT acknowledged issues with America and they're hated for it. We're just in a different time, now.

 

[NashVol11]

Jerseys have names on them. So you are saying Rapinoes nasty 13yo boy looking self was responsible for all those jerseys sold in 2019? Bullsheit.

The hot chicks and best players are gonna always be the best sellers and she was neither. Shes a bitter, toxic nasty dyke and absolutely nobody is interested in that enough to actually spend their hard earned money except other lesbians...and there arent many of those regardless of how hard you leftist morons are trying to destroy this country.

Rapinoe is about as popular as a fart in a packed taxi and her garbage politics have taken a huge toll on the US team. Just like all the athletes in the NBA, NFL etc....they need to STFU and play ball. Nobody gives a damn what they think..about literally anything whatsoever outside their sports. Nothing.

Know what Michael Jordan said when asked why he never spoke about politics????

" because Republicans buy sneakers, too."

His Jordans sold more shoes LAST YEAR. (Decades after he retired) than EVERY OTHER NBA players shoes COMBINED. Feel free to look that up to verify.

Jordan was smart. To alienate half the pool of folks that COULD be a fan of you or buy your products is as damn stupid as pretty much everything else you Socialist morons come up with. Its like arguing with children who cannot read or something...trying to have a rational conversation with people who can say with a straight face that girls have penises and men can have babies. It is mind blowing that adults can be as damn stupid as modern lefties. The ignorance and cognitive dissonance is deafening.

Right now the top-selling USWNT jerseys on Fanatics are Morgan and Rapinoe lol, all that typing just to be wrong. The awards for top scorer and best player at the 2019 World Cup both went to Rapinoe, so who are you saying the best player was?

 

[VOLS INC.]

He didn't say that. His point was to disprove the declining popularity, not to say specifically that Rapinoe was popular.

Saying "Republicans buy sneakers too" is more than what Jordan should have said if he's trying to be apolitical, but the people buying his sneakers aren't giant poons who were going to cancel him for making a political statement like that. He acknowledged Republicans for the expressed purpose of protecting his money and his business was fine. Bud Light acknowledged a trans person and their business suffered. Some members of the USWNT acknowledged issues with America and they're hated for it. We're just in a different time, now.

No. Bud light didn’t simply “Acknowledge a trans person”. They celebrated a trans person by creating a commemorative can and put the trans persons face directly on the product. They chose to directly associate their primary product (The can of beer) to the trans movement in America. Many consumers chose to spend their dollars elsewhere and were and still are being labeled bigots for that decision.

We are in a different time. We agree on that.

 

[n_huffhines]

No. Bud light didn’t simply “Acknowledge a trans person”. They celebrated a trans person by creating a commemorative can and put the trans persons face directly on the product. They chose to directly associate their primary product (The can of beer) to the trans movement in America. Many consumers chose to spend their dollars elsewhere and were and still are being labeled bigots for that decision.

We are in a different time. We agree on that.

We're such poons these days that this makes a difference to us.

The commemorative can was not made to sale. It was just a gift to Mulvaney. I swear to God, you guys find the absolute dumbest **** to cry about. This time it's different because [insert nonsense that does not matter at all].

 

[VOLS INC.]

We're such poons these days that this makes a difference to us.

The commemorative can was not made to sale. It was just a gift to Mulvaney. I swear to God, you guys find the absolute dumbest **** to cry about. This time it's different because [insert nonsense that does not matter at all].

Cry?


I don’t know that anyone cried. I certainly didn’t. I just made a decision as a consumer to spend my dollars on another product. Given all the substitute products available, it wasn’t even a hard decision.

Bud light made a choice. Consumers reacted. Happens everyday. But to say they simply “Acknowledged a transperson” is disingenuous.

 

[KB5252]

We're such poons these days that this makes a difference to us.

The commemorative can was not made to sale. It was just a gift to Mulvaney. I swear to God, you guys find the absolute dumbest **** to cry about. This time it's different because [insert nonsense that does not matter at all].

I'll be honest Huff, i think most people would have moved on in short order if it was just the can and original Mulvaney video....... It would have blown over if not coupled with the out of touch marketing head who went on air and publicly said the quiet part out loud insulting the main demographic that buys the product. It was the one two punch..... The statement that framed the action that was taken as an FU to the consumers.....

This is just from the outside looking in. I'm not a Bud Light fan, but it was really dumb marketing implementation if not strategy.

 

[Gandalf]

The Netherlands game 2 weeks ago was the most watched group stage match ever, and it was on at like midnight and we're in an era where TV ratings are generally on the decline.

Repeatedly in this thread, people who are out of their element with soccer keep making up facts and narratives that they crafted from watching Fox News and the like. I'm turned off by Rapinoe. Fox News is turned off by Rapinoe. My best buds Clay and Jesse are turned off by Rapinoe. Womens soccer must be losing popularity.

Any number of facts will not convince them, and they'll come back with more invented BS.

From somebody you will appreciate:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel ~ Maya Angelou

24 years later and I remember how awesome womens soccer was and how proud I felt to be an American supporting them.

How do you think 1/2 of the country will feel about womens soccer and Rapinoe 24 years from now? I am guessing they wont remember her at all.

Can you imagine if the team who performed the "Miracle on Ice" knelt on the ice and refused to sing the anthem? No one would remember their name today except some ice hockey geeks.

Soccer geeks and progressive freaks may remember Rapinoe - but America will quickly forget her.

 

[n_huffhines]

From somebody you will appreciate:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel ~ Maya Angelou

24 years later and I remember how awesome womens soccer was and how proud I felt to be an American supporting them.

How do you think 1/2 of the country will feel about womens soccer and Rapinoe 24 years from now? I am guessing they wont remember her at all.

Can you imagine if the team who performed the "Miracle on Ice" knelt on the ice and refused to sing the anthem? No one would remember their name today except some ice hockey geeks.

Soccer geeks and progressive freaks may remember Rapinoe - but America will quickly forget her.

Who cares? What are you rambling about again? I certainly don't care how Rapinoe will be remembered. The only reason I talked to you was to point out your ridiculous statement that Chastain is the reason we know women play soccer. I deeply regret the comment.

But since you can't help yourself from being wrong about nearly everything, I feel compelled to point out that we remember Tommy Smith and John Carlos 50 years later for holding up their fists during the anthem, and I can't even tell you what events they ran or name another male runner from the 60's.

 

[NashVol11]

From somebody you will appreciate:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel ~ Maya Angelou

24 years later and I remember how awesome womens soccer was and how proud I felt to be an American supporting them.

How do you think 1/2 of the country will feel about womens soccer and Rapinoe 24 years from now? I am guessing they wont remember her at all.

Can you imagine if the team who performed the "Miracle on Ice" knelt on the ice and refused to sing the anthem? No one would remember their name today except some ice hockey geeks.

Soccer geeks and progressive freaks may remember Rapinoe - but America will quickly forget her.

Rapinoe played in 4 World Cups and 3 finals over 12 years, there's an entire generation of people that grew up watching the Wambach-Lloyd-Rapinoe-Morgan teams and doesn't really care about Mia Hamm. You are overestimating the number of people that are exactly like you.

 

[NashVol11]

Can you imagine if the team who performed the "Miracle on Ice" knelt on the ice and refused to sing the anthem? No one would remember their name today except some ice hockey geeks.

And you are way out of touch if you honestly believe this lol

 

[KB5252]

Who cares? What are you rambling about again? I certainly don't care how Rapinoe will be remembered. The only reason I talked to you was to point out your ridiculous statement that Chastain is the reason we know women play soccer. I deeply regret the comment.

But since you can't help yourself from being wrong about nearly everything, I feel compelled to point out that we remember Tommy Smith and John Carlos 50 years later for holding up their fists during the anthem, and I can't even tell you what events they ran or name another male runner from the 60's.

I assume you are taking about the raised fist on Olympic podium photo....... But if you ask 1,000 people I would wager less than 2% could tell you who they were.

 

[Orangeburst]

I assume you are taking about the raised fist on Olympic podium photo....... But if you ask 1,000 people I would Wagner less than 2% could tell you who they were.

you spend too much time in the Ukraine thread

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Let's all be thankful Rapinoe never wanted to remove her shirt when she scored a goal...

 

[KB5252]

you spend too much time in the Ukraine thread

LOL

 

[kiddiedoc]

Let's all be thankful Rapinoe never wanted to remove her shirt when she scored a goal...

On this -- at least -- I think we can all agree.