US soccer players speak their mind
A MERICAN soccer player Alex Morgan said her tea-sipping celebration at the Women’s World Cup was a nod to actress Sophie Turner’s amusing Instagram posts.
No, it wasn’t a dig at England or a random reference to the Boston Tea Party, or any number of other theories out there. “My celebration was actually more ‘that’s the tea,’ which is telling a story, spreading news,” the US forward said.
Morgan spoke told reporters on Friday, clarifying the source of the goal celebration and referencing the Game
of Thrones actress. Turner’s Instagram is filled with her saying audacious or gossipy things, adding “That’s the tea” and taking a sip.
Morgan has been criticised for the celebration. Her former teammate at the Orlando Pride, Lianne Sanderson, a broadcast commentator during the World Cup for bein Sports, called the celebration “distasteful”.
Morgan pretended to sip tea after scoring the goal in Tuesday night’s semifinal victory over England. The victory sent the Americans into their third consecutive World Cup final. They’ll face the Netherlands for the championship today at Stade de Lyon.
Earlier in the week, CNN reported that US soccer co-captain Megan
Rapinoe said she was not planning to go to the White House if the national team wins the World Cup.
A reporter from Eight by Eight, a soccer magazine, asked Rapinoe if she was excited about going to the White House if her team wins.
“Psssh, I’m not going to the f ***** g White House,” she fired back. “No … We’re not gonna be invited. I doubt it.”