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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Food for thought as you ponder the reason for the performance.

Lloyd called the goal post the player of the match.

Lloyd detailed how much she “hated” playing on the team, particularly due to what she described as a poor locker room culture.

Carli Lloyd blasts USWNT atmosphere: 'The culture within the team was the worst I've ever seen it'

"The winning culture and mentality that has carried on from generation to generation within the USWNT has been fizzling away," Lloyd wrote on Twitter.

"I said it when I retired. I saw it slipping away. Players have to embody that. That's been our DNA since the 80s, but not so much anymore."

earlier this year she lamented a cultural change in the team in recent years, saying some players were more focused on building their brands than winning.

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Lloyd clearly hates Megan Rapinoe and doesn't believe that using soccer as a platform to promote one's activism is appropriate. For her part, Rapinoe would admit that she views her role as an activist as more important than anything she does on the pitch. Maybe it did show in training and during matches. On the other hand, hating the team culture and not respecting your teammates, as Carli apparently did, doesn't exactly propel a team to success.

I do admire Lloyd's commitment to winning and the accompanying hatred of losing. We saw during the last WC that she wasn't satisfied with being just good enough, so it's not surprising that she would clash with her teammates.

On the other hand, criticizing players for signing autographs with fans doesn't seem like good form. Plenty of top players who are 100% committed to winning still manage to take time to interact with fans after losing matches. Lloyd has a narrow view of what being a winner is, and it seems to include a singular focus on winning to the exclusion of all else. [/quote]

Pinoe was even giggling in post match interviews; no fans involved. It was kinda weird, but maybe she is just supremely optimistic. [/quote]

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