'If U.S. Soccer was concerned about the blowback, it should have stayed quiet. Plenty of other teams have had no problems doing that at this World Cup. But if it wanted to take a stand, it needed to fully commit,' writes nrarmour for usatodaysports.
After decades of watching U.S. Soccer stonewall its players’ efforts for equality and social justice, it was encouraging to see the federation lean so fully into the fight for good.To take a stand at this World Cup has become an act of subversiveness.
U.S. Soccer needed a better plan than simply taking down the posts and leaving players Walker Zimmerman and Tim Ream to answer for it when the players and coach Gregg Berhalter weren’t even aware of what had happened. “We’re huge supporters of women’s rights. We didn’t know anything but we are supporters of women’s rights and always have been,” said Zimmerman, who is a member of the USMNT’s Leadership Council and was heavily involved in the negotiations on the historic collective bargaining agreement that pays both the men’s and women’s teams equally.If U.S. Soccer was concerned about the blowback, it should have stayed quiet. Plenty of other teams have had no problems doing that at this World Cup.
By trying to do both, by saying something and then walking it back, U.S. Soccer diminished the value of its message and left its players exposed. Berhalter and his team had nothing to do with the creation of the posts, but they will be the ones who get the questions.“We’re all human. We understand there are things going on that are out of our control,” Ream said.
That’s just life. The best you can do is fight for good and, when you know you’re right, don’t back down. By doing the first but not the second, U.S. Soccer finds itself in a controversy of its own making.
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