
Women's Soccer Team on winning the World Cup! Great and exciting play. Trump called out Rapinoe on Twitter, saying she should never "disrespect our Country, the White House, or our Flag, especially since so much has been done for her & the team." He said he would invite the team win or lose.īut shortly after the title game, Trump tweeted: "Congratulations to the U.S. Rapinoe drew the ire of President Donald Trump by saying she would refuse to visit the White House. The sides have agreed to mediate the lawsuit. Soccer Federation in March claiming gender discrimination.

About eight minutes later, midfielder Rose Lavelle added a goal after cutting her way through the Dutch defense.įans, many dressed in red, white and blue, chanted "Equal Pay!" at the final whistle, a reminder players sued the U.S. Striker Megan Rapinoe, who won the Golden Boot (World Cup's top goalscorer) and Golden Ball (tournament's best player), converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute to open the scoring. beat the Netherlands, the defending European champions, 2-0, in front of a crowd of 57,900 at Stade de Lyon. had to take down heavyweights, host France and England, in tightly-fought quarterfinal and semifinal matches. After winning its group, including by defeating Thailand 13-0 in its opening match, the U.S. Women's National Team won all of its matches in the World Cup in France amid arguably its toughest route ever.


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