Sydney Leroux, Christen Press, Amy Rodriguez, all of diverse ethnic heritage, are members of the U.S. Women’s National team.
You just never saw them on the field much when it mattered.
And that’s the biggest criticism when it comes to the new heroes of American sport, the newly-minted FIFA Women’s World Cup Champions of 2015.
Far from the “beautiful game” from the streets of Brazil, the American style is more typical of its natural environment in America—the white suburbs of the soccer mom.
The team picture only reinforces an image of U.S. women’s soccer as a game of privilege—and not a game that barefoot boys and girls play for love.
“I’ve seen kids kicking balls made from waste materials like used condoms,” Lorrie Fair told me the other day by phone.
Fair is a member of that 1999 U.S. Women’s National team, the FIFA Women’s World Cup champ, that is known for revolutionizing women’s sport—as well as for Brandi Chastain’s sports bra.
