The US Womens' Soccer team and inappropriate celebrations

[The King beyond the wall]

The US Womens' Soccer team has been the subject of quite a bit of scrutiny and criticism for their controversial goal celebrations during the World Cup finals in France. The first incident came with their 13-0 thrashing of Thailand, in which they continued to wildly celebrate against the World Cup newcomers even after reaching double digits. The most recent incident came in yesterdays semi-final against England which ended 2-1 for the US team. Alex Morgan scored the US teams' second goal and she celebrated this by feigning to drink a cup of tea. Morgan claims that this celebration was just referencing the saying 'that's the tea', but given that the opposition was England, a nation traditionally renowned for its love of tea, its quite easy to see why many spectators saw this as a slight against England. Other's have seen this as a reference to the 'Boston Tea Party', an incident which sparked the start of the American War of Independence against England.

It appears that the Womens' US Soccer twitter handler agreed with this interpretation:

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No.13 on her birthday. In honor of those 13 Colonies. That's. The. Tea.

Are celebrations aimed at an opponent's national history or stereotype appropriate in football (soccer)? Or is this just harmless fun?

 

[Deleted member 2802]

Oh tea. I thought she was smoking

 

[Cantaim]

If y'all got of problem with their celebrations. Beat them in soccer. It's as simple as that

 

[Joule]

they should've lost to spain

 

[BDS]

I loved it

 

[16bits]

its all about where you draw the line

its not great sportsmanship for a team to showboat or mock their opponents.

 

[Theorry]

Seems abit to much yeah.

 

[Plutone]

They good.

 

[Jmdajr]

Considering the infinite amount of things going on in the world that deserve deep thought, this won't be getting much attention from me.

 

[TheJackdog]

really just sounds like a bunch of complaints from the "no fun allowed" crowd.

Want to stop them celebrating? Beat them. They are crushing. Get over it.

 

[OrdinaryPrime]

In men's soccer you have goal scorers shushing the crowd.
In women's soccer you have goal scorers drinking tea.

Which one is toxic and/or controversial?

 

[Ronin]

It's a goddamn game. It should be fun and celebrations are a part of it.

 

[Bradbury]

I could get the problem if it´s something hurtfull ou straight up racist, but drinking tea? I don´t get the problem

 

[Professor Fate]

Trash talking and gloating is a thing in sports. You'll survive.

 

[Lumination]

Going all out while on like the 11th goal against a newbie team is a pretty lame look tbh.

 

[Meauxse]

Pretty sure the social media person was just trying to convey that she has 13 goals.

That being said, this is an issue because it is women's soccer. This happens all the fucking time in national men's soccer. It's pretty fucking sexist imo to suggest that the women are "acting out."

 

[TheJackdog]

It's a goddamn game. It should be fun and celebrations are a part of it.

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exactly. same people who complain about bat flips and celebrations in baseball.

Going all out while on like the 11th goal against a newbie team is a pretty lame look tbh.

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stop them from scoring 11 goals then

 

[Notaskwid]

It's ok, England will be the 52nd state anyway.

 

[Deleted member 5359]

Ridiculous scrutiny because they're women.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

...what is inappropriate about that exactly?

Win, and it won't be a problem.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Brits getting salty over a bit of banter might be the most hypocritical thing since the founding fathers declared all men were created equal while having slaves.

 

[Joe]

I don't mind it. It's silly fun, sure, but I'd be just as fine if the roles were reversed. If someone else beats the US Women's team, I'd love to see them mime something the US Women are known for.

They could mime winning at soccer, for instance.

 

[Socivol]

I thought this specific display was pretty damn hilarious.

 

[MonadL]

If y'all got of problem with their celebrations. Beat them in soccer. It's as simple as that

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This. People getting upset over celebrations in a sport are hilarious.

 

[Lynchian Anomaly]

its all about where you draw the line

its not great sportsmanship for a team to showboat or mock their opponents.

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I mean, it was against England. If they won they'd have been insufferable cunts about it.

 

[Surakian]

What a dumb thing to be upset about.

 

[Wackamole]

I don't have a problem with this. Sorry people. If you do, be my guest.

 

[Deleted member 8741]

I just can't care about this much.

 

[Kiraly]

Can't wait for USA - Vietnam next World Cup.

 

[grang]

The reactions in the WWC OT yesterday were equally hilarious and absurd

 

[Effnine]

This is the very definition of "Who gives a shit?". It's sports, people celebrate, stop taking things so seriously

 

[Indelible]

I don't have a problem with this, England had so many chances to win but they dropped the ball.

 

[Yamajian]

When did everyone turn in to Roger Goodell?

 

[Deleted member 14377]

cant believe she was appropriating the british race smh havent they been through enough?

 

[Eat My Jorts]

They should flip their bats after knocking a couple of dingers.

 

[ReAxion]

england getting up in arms about nothing, well i never.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

okkkkkk

 

[Deleted member 12224]

Celebrating goal #11 and #12 ad #13 against a woefully overmatched Thailand squad was rough because that game was professionals versus pee-wee tier.

Celebrating this? Get over yourself, Brit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/oc...ou-for-being-lgbt.126783/page-3#post-22443717

 

[PeskyToaster]

It's also noticeable the differences when women show a little bravado versus when men do it. Seems a certain kind of dude gets shaky.

 

[adj_noun]

At least it's not Fortnite dances.

 

[Dyle]

I'm ok with it as long as none of the stuff they're doing ends up being sold as a Fortnite dance

 

[Deleted member 10629]

Griezmann literally did a Fortnite dance. The 'take the L' dance, to be precise.

This is actually quite funny. First time watching soccer?

 

[MistahS]

I get it for the way they celebrated against Thailand but the England one is fine.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

 

[CopyOfACopy]

they wouldn't be celebrating if you beat them

jus saiyan

 

[Not Spaceghost]

If this was a destiny 2 emote she'd have pulled out a giant neon cup of tea, drank it down and then thrown it at the crowd for it to explode into fire works spelling out HAPPY 4TH

 

[Sephzilla]

Every time anyone scores a goal in soccer they celebrate like it's the birth of their first child and you're getting upset over an air-teacup?!

 

[TheJackdog]

it should be pointed out that one of the women said she didnt like trump so just remember a lot of this vitriol is for SURE coming from the alt right who suddenly care about sportsmanship

 

[808s & Villainy]

its all about where you draw the line

its not great sportsmanship for a team to showboat or mock their opponents.

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You've never seen a game where Britain has won against another country, have you?

 

[adj_noun]

Griezmann literally did a Fortnite dance. The 'take the L' dance, to be precise.

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Why isn't this thread about that horror then