Sportsmanship aside, these elite athletes are competing in a tournament where goal difference – the number that breaks a tie in a group to determine who moves on – matters, and especially matters because the defending champions are in a group with a powerhouse team like Sweden.īut what about those celebrations, especially as the goals started nearing the double digits? Is that fair game for a conversation about sportsmanship? Probably. Indeed, the seven Sports Illustrated covers that featured each of the 23 members of the championship-defending US Women’s World Cup squad paired each player with a younger version of herself – many of whom are literally looking up to them. To be sure, ideas and examples of sportsmanship are important, and nowhere is that seen as clearly as with women’s sports (and the US Women’s National Team especially), which is chock full of role models for girls everywhere. What's the proper way to celebrate a 13-0 soccer win? Hmm, let's see. If scoring is a language that those in power understand, the US Women sent that message loud and clear Tuesday night. The US women’s dominant performance might be the best testimony yet in its lawsuit against its own federation, filed in March, a case that accuses the US Soccer Federation of “purposeful gender discrimination” that goes beyond unequal pay and outlines discrepancies in training, travel, promotion and even the fields they play on. Flash forward to Tuesday: Now t hey score too much, and when they score, they celebrate too loudly.Īnyone ever questioned Lionel Messi (or any other male soccer legend for that matter) on that? And incredibly, they get paid less to win more than the US men’s side. Indeed, the history of the United States Women’s National Team epitomizes the battles these athletes have faced from the very beginning, when they endured shorter fields, shorter games and smaller balls. It’s not breaking news that female athletes constantly face uphill battles in the popular imagination of sports – they aren’t good enough, they aren’t strong enough, they’re dull to watch and so on. The opinions of this victory cover all sides.
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