Carli Lloyd says she 'hated' the culture of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team on Hope Solo's new podcast. Solo shared the same sentiment.
We catch up with former USWNT goalkeeper Briana Scurry. We talk about the current USWNT's performance in the Tokyo games, and wonder if its time for the team to start looking for new players to fill out the roster.Two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd shared a scathing review of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team on Wednesday on former teammate Hope Solo's new podcast"Hope Solo Speaks.
"When I got fired in 2016, every time I left for camp my husband Jerramy hated to see me sad," said Solo."I didn't want to go to the social aspect of camp. I wanted to train my ass off. I wanted to work my butt off. I wanted to play games. But I didn't want to be around everybody and the culture of the team. It was really difficult. I don't think people understand how difficult emotionally and mentally that is.
"And by culture, I am referring to mentality, and respects towards coaches, teammates, support staff. I am also talking about the drive, the desire, the hunger, the fight, the accepting a roll and doing it to the best of your ability. Giving it your all and every time you step on the field, giving it your all whether its five minutes on the field or 10 minutes on the field, 60 minutes on the field or 90 minutes on the field. It doesn't matter.
"Sometimes when teams have success, there is a lot of things that get hidden and there is a lot of things that don't emerge. And when you fail and you don't win something, when you receive a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics with the goal was always to walk away with a gold medal, it starts to really reveal what needs to change.