Caitlin Murray
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Editor: @ESPN . Author: "The National Team: The Inside Story of The Women Who Changed Soccer," a #USWNT book. Bylines: @Guardian , @YahooSports , @NYTimes + more.
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For those who asked, I'm
@caitlinmurr
on most platforms. But I'm probably going to enjoy less time on social media for a little while until the popular alternative emerges. Take care! 👋
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Megan Rapinoe sees me with my phone out, snapping a picture of her leaving the hotel, so she does this. Legend.
#USWNT
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Megan Rapinoe, who wasn’t in the presser because she got randomly selected for doping control (drug testing), bursts into the press conference.
Jill Ellis: “It’s about time. Did you pass?”
Rapinoe, leans back and throws her arms up: “I just kiiiilled doping control.”
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And yet, somehow, other countries get to live without it.
This new White House messaging is an admission that the Trump Administration is incompetent and incapable. Elections have consequences, and we are living it right now.
NEW: 'We need to live with it': White House readies new message for the nation on coronavirus
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Now that Megan Rapinoe is retiring, who for the
#USWNT
will spy on Brazil's free kick meetings? 😂
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Thailand coach: “Thank you to the
#USWNT
for being so professional and they did their best on the pitch. After the game ended, we are friends."
As far as I can tell, no one on the Thai team took offense to the US scoring goals or celebrating - only fans online did.
Nuengrutai Srathongvian discusses the support
#THA
have received since their opening loss to
#USA
@FIFAWWC_THA
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#FIFAWWC
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Megan Rapinoe is moved to tears talking about Christen Press celebrating her goal against England by looking at the sky. Press later said in that moment she was thinking of her mom who died in January.
#USWNT
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New rule: Every president of the U.S. who gets elected waits for Megan Rapinoe to invite them to her house, the bigger honor.
#USWNT
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After the
#USWNT
looked the way it did at the 2021 Olympics, I thought Vlatko Andonovski should've been fired, and I said so. Many of the same problems from then endured in this tournament. No one can pretend it was a surprise. U.S. Soccer higher-ups will need to answer for this.
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Emily Sonnett has completed 89% of her passes. Andi Sullivan has completed 91%. Working in tandem has helped them both quite a bit.
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Just about all my cab/Uber drivers in France have been watching and following the Women's World Cup. I told mine today that I felt bad France was knocked out. "No, no," he shook his finger. "The Americans are too good." His favorite player of the tournament is Megan Rapinoe.
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Someone asks Jill Ellis if she’ll go to the White House.
Ellis: “I haven’t been invited yet.”
Reporter: “I’m sure you will.”
Ellis: “Well, I wouldn’t bet on that.”
😂
#USWNT
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Future star of the team, this kid. At least whenever Rapinoe retires, the
#USWNT
won’t be lacking for personality and laughs.
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Argentina fans in the stands have drums, are dancing and having a blast. Great advertisement for women's football. Thought I'd share it.
Some guy in a FIFA suit comes up to me and tells me I'm not allowed to take any video, even if it's not of action on the field. A+ PR strategy
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Megan Rapinoe asked what went through her mind on her PK: "No way - give the secrets away? (laughs) Nah, I just try to be calm. I always say to myself, 'The worst that'll happen is you're gonna lose the whole thing. You can lose the Olympics for your country.' " 😂😂
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I hope the Colombia federation is starting to understand what they have in their women's team and players like Linda Caicedo. For too long the team has lacked support, and whenever I watched them I thought: "How good would they be if their fed/confed cared about women's soccer?"
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Given that he's been accused of abusive and toxic behavior, prompting 12 players to refuse Spanish national team call-ups, this is pretty gross. Shows a lot about the culture within RFEF.
When the whistle blew, I couldn't help but think of those players. My heart breaks for them
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Megan Rapinoe with some refreshing honesty: "I don’t think I had a great game. The right back did a great job. I don’t think I beat her once 1v1.” (laughs)
#USWNT
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It’s hard to choose one favorite thing about this tweet from Krieger, but it’s got to be the quotes around “president.”
#USWNT
In regards to the “President’s” tweet today, I know women who you cannot control or grope anger you, but I stand by
@mPinoe
& will sit this one out as well. I don’t support this administration nor their fight against LGBTQ+ citizens, immigrants & our most vulnerable.
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This was the first year Hope Solo was eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and for arguably the greatest
#USWNT
goalkeeper of all time to not get enough votes is such an indictment of the process and the vague whatever-you-want criteria. I voted for her. 🤷♀️
If Hope Solo isn't deserving of National Soccer Hall of Fame enshrinement, nobody is. 😤
@ByDougMcIntyre
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Christen Press on mental health: "People look at elite athletes & say it's so stressful but all of our lives are stressful, we all have baggage. Knowing it's our responsibility to take care of ourselves first can help us take care of each other in a more beautiful way."
#USWNT
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Me, when people leave a comment just to say it's called "football." 😂
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👀 People keep talking about the Olympics as if Alex Morgan won't be there. But here she is training a couple days ago via
@BeastModeSoccer
. Her baby is due in April.
#USWNT
#NWSL
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A programming note that I'm thrilled about: I have joined ESPN full time, so all of my writing will be there from now on. I will also be working as an editor helping guide our soccer coverage, so freelancers: my DMs are open for pitches. Excited for what's ahead, so stay tuned!
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🎵 "Oh say can you see the U.S. Soccer Federation crest?"🎵
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Looks like tomorrow's announcement is Angel City FC, a new
#NWSL
team, and it will launch with "We Are Angel City" as its branding. Appears Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder, and Mia Hamm are involved, but LAFC is not, per
@GrantWahl
. Also Natalie Portman, per
@byIanThomas
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The
#USWNT
players were told they was no market for merchandise featuring the USWNT. They have been proving that wrong and expect to bring in $1 million this year after taking matters into their own hands:
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I'm looking through all the latest filings in the
#USWNT
equal pay lawsuit, which are more of the same as we've been seeing, but this made me laugh. A+ response from Kelley O'Hara to what I assume was a rather sexist line of questioning. (See
@thegoalkeeper
for more excerpts.)
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I spent almost as much time in France as the
#USWNT
did and jet-lag is crushing me today. I don't know how they are weathering that along with being drunk and partying for the past two days, but I guess that's why they are world champions and I am not. 😂😅
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Two-time World Cup-winning
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coach Jill Ellis tells me that her former assistant, Australia coach Tony Gustavsson, isn't getting enough credit for his incredible Matildas run. She also thinks U.S. Soccer should go for him if the USWNT job opens up:
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Megan Rapinoe is asked about her future. She jokes, "I was wondering how quickly that question would come. You guys are trying to put me out to pasture already."
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Honestly, now that Spain have won the Women's World Cup, now is the time for them to band together and really push their federation. They can take a page out of the
#USWNT
's book and what they did in 1999. It seriously would take a whole book to tell that story... I wrote it 😂
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Speaking to a few sources, it appears
#NWSL
players were supposed to self-isolate but a group of younger Orlando Pride players went out to nightclubs and bars, which have been open in Florida. Transmission was determined not to be through training, which was the main concern.
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I know this isn't how it works, but they should go back and retroactively award the
#USWNT
the goal for this because 1) it wasn't even remotely offside 2) look at it! 😍
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Megan Rapinoe says she wants the quarterfinal between the
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and France to be “a total shitshow circus.” The official hashtag is no longer
#DareToShine
as it’s been replaced with
#TotalShitshowCircus
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U.S. Soccer's latest approach in the equal pay lawsuit? Belittling the
#USWNT
and female athletes everywhere. It's a bold move, but probably not a good one:
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I find it interesting that the FA reportedly doesn't want to hire Jill Ellis to coach the England women's national team because she's too expensive. I wonder what the FA would pay for a men's coach who won two World Cups? Just gonna re-share this:
#USWNT
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Both sides wishing they could put Julie Ertz in to do their kicking right now.
#SBLll
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I have no takeaways from that game, except that almost 50,000 people showing up to a weekday
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friendly against a not-great team is sure something.
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In case anyone thought the
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might back down after the summary judgement ruling dealt a big blow to the equal pay lawsuit, it appears the opposite is happening.
The USWNT has hired a new heavy-hitter to lead the equal pay portion of its lawsuit. The lawyer, Nicole Saharsky, has argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any woman in the US over the last decade, per her firm's bio.
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Megan Rapinoe with the baby-rocking goal celebration for teammates Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger, who are new moms. The
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up 2-0 now.
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Megan Rapinoe, quote machine: "This team just never really quits, even when we're playing like shit or we're playing great or we're in the middle." More words for my editors to censor. 😅
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I hate giving pitch invaders any attention at all – shouldn't be encouraged, and the security at this UCL match was clearly lacking too. But I do respect Samantha Kerr so much for this. 😂 She didn't deserve a yellow card – she did everyone a favor.
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This is the worst half of soccer I've seen the
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play in a long time. Credit to Sweden for the way they are pressing, but there's really no reason the Americans should be losing the ball as easily and as often as they are.
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I honestly don't know why Rose Lavelle isn't a regular starter or getting more minutes for Manchester City. Everytime she's with the
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, there's no reason to think she shouldn't be starting for pretty much any club in the world.
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Taking away that Megan Rapinoe back-heel assist on the disallowed Trinity Rodman goal is just rude.
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"Disgusting and disturbing" - U.S. Soccer's misogynistic argument that women can't be as skilled as men doesn't sit well with
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players:
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Alex Morgan was just asked about this in a press conference. 😂
"I didn't know there was a stir that was caused," she said, adding that she thought since Aussies say "brekkie" they might like "Melby" but she'll call the city whatever they want.
#USWNT
#FIFAWWC
First Spain offends a town in New Zealand by leaving because it's too boring. Now the USWNT offends Australia for calling Melbourne "Melby."
How many international incidents can we get from this
#FIFAWWC
by the end? 🤔😂
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You think Crystal Dunn is ever in the middle of a game like, "I guess I'll just do everything then!" 😂
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Over the past two games, I've seen some fans saying Megan Rapinoe should not make the Olympic team. Couldn't disagree more. Very few can turn half chances into whole chances the way she does. Argentina isn't the toughest opponent, but Rapinoe is flying today.
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I asked Megan Rapinoe how winning the World Cup changes the dynamic of the
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's lawsuit against US Soccer. She smiled: "Well, it's not good for them, is it?"
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I still think Press is doing everything she can to make a case for herself as a starter. I am sure Vlatko will rotate at the Olympics, but Press needs to play a significant role. As for the bubble players, Sonnett and Williams, I'm not sure they showed enough today.
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Alex Morgan, asked about her tea-sipping celebration, avoids getting specific: “Pinoe has so many celebrations — no one asks her, but I have one and everyone wants to know!” She laughs and says Rapinoe’s celebrations are so good that she wanted to “keep it interesting.”
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While you were sleeping/enjoying quarantine:
US Soccer dumps its sexist argument that women are inferior to men, and new president Cindy Parlow Cone tries to mend broken relationship with the
#USWNT
.
The latest in the equal pay lawsuit:
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Kristie Mewis, in her first cap since 2014, scores a great goal. Such composure to get in behind and place that shot perfectly. Looks like she hasn’t skipped a beat. Pretty cool she’s on the field with her sister Sam for it too.
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Sad and shocked to hear of the passing of Grant Wahl. I could mention his avid support of the women's game, how grateful I was for his advice when I was working on my book, or his important coverage over the years, but mostly my thoughts are with his family and all who knew him.
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coach Vlatko Andonovski at the
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is a good role model for diligent mask wearing. Takes a sip of coffee and puts it right back on, covering nose and mouth properly.
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Doesn't seem to be a coincidence that the two teams forced to drop out (Orlando Pride & FC Dallas) come from states where governors pushed to re-open quickly and cases are exploding. It's almost like the coronavirus should be taken seriously. 🤔
#NWSL
#MLSisBack
#NWSLChallengeCup
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I’m seeing some right-wing trolls on social media take pleasure in the USWNT losing. I wonder if these people who call themselves "patriots" and have American flag emojis in their usernames see the irony in rooting for the USA to lose on the world stage. 🤔
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Multiple sources from throughout the
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tell me veterans are angry and don't want the tournament derailed because of this. They chalk it up to the actions of players who didn't follow the rules in place. Will follow up as I get more info.
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Programming update: I'm gonna be leading ESPN's coverage of the
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during
#Tokyo2020
. Got some good stuff planned, and first I look at whether IOC needs to expand the women's soccer tournament at the Olympics:
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One final parting thought: since the
#USWNT
complained about things like artificial turf and charters, US Soccer has had to address them. The USWNT has also sparked a larger conversation about the treatment of women in sports. Everything they've done isn't defined by one ruling.
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Announcement: I wrote a book about the USWNT! It's called The National Team and you can pre-order it now:
I had fun writing it, and I'm hopeful
#USWNT
fans will love reading it just as much when it comes out on April 2.
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To recap: no one has been fired, and Merritt Paulson, Gavin Wilkinson and Mike Golub will all sit at the same desks doing the same jobs within the same organization working with the same people.
#RCTID
#BAONPDX
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I asked
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rookie Trinity Rodman a 100% open-ended question, “what's no one asking you that they should?" — and she took the moment to talk about her mom after just about ever other interviewer asked about her dad. Already handling the media quite well.
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