Emma is not focused on just the soccer when she describes Korbin as “a magnificent human being.” Happy Emma has the confidence to make a judgement on someone so quickly after one week of working with her in person, but this just burns to me.
By allowing Korbin on the team, all my enthusiasm is gone. Really ticks me off. After so many years of the team fighting for LGBT+ acceptance, it seems like a slap in the face.
My comment on Korbin was either deleted or hidden. Wasn't rude, just stated how disappointed I was that she was on the roster. With all the crap they have allowed men to post over the years, this is unbelievable.
Korbin could score 101 goals and I would still say she shouldn't be on the roster. You either are opposed to all homophbia or you're not and Hayes obviously isn't.
people need to understand, Emma hayes is building a team for the next world cup. She isn't like that last useless coach who was afraid to drop megan rapinoe and any of her mates who didn't deserve to be at the world cup
Young people will make mistakes. Seems like she's learning and growing. Let's learn from our mistakes. Hug it out. Move on. Win Gold. At the end of the day, I trust this coach. She's got a nice roster.
So the US national team needed rebuilding and brought in a new manager. New managers are there to initiate change, and this can upset people. So do you want a competitive football team or not?
Korbin needs to read the room she plays professionally and she will play with gay women on the club level and the national level. Not a very smart decision to post that stuff on line. People making excuses for her including Emma need to stop that young lady is a Notre Dame graduate that means she isn't dumb. I hope Korbin has learned a valuable lesson because it's no fun being booed by your own people. She is a great player and has a future with the USWNT but it's gonna take time for some people to accept her again.
Am I missing something? She is 20 and screwed up. I believe she apologized and the team accepted it. If she continues to make bonehead comments then come back at her.
@@johnidiaquez1303I didn’t think she made bonehead comments. I thought she expressed something of her Christian faith and posted it, but it doesn’t align with the good ol girl crowd of lgbt (known to be alive in US women’s soccer) so it wasn’t acceptable to them.
@@DoriCoplienshe deserved it, she should have retired, instead she made it the megan rapinoe show from 2015, so many players sidelined as they weren't part of the rapinoe click.
Hello Sarah and Sara. I would imagine that Emma's job description would include picking teams to win and not represent one group or another. This may not be popular, but she has to be seen to do the job. I think that football needs to try to appeal to communities that have views that are different, like you pretty much said before. Having come from a different background and apologising for causing such a dilemma, it would be hard not to pick a player, if they fit the playing system.
someone on twitter actually had a spreadsheet of the number of gay players & coaches who have played for the US over the last decade plus. It's fucking weird, the uswnt isn't some lesbian club
Does this include Nazis or pro slavery folks? How about child molesters. Do we need to appeal to priests who R$$pes altar boys? Just asking for a friend? Clearly, we don't need to appeal to anyone convicted of 34 felonies do we? Again, just asking for a friend.
Does selecting a player who will destroy the locker room, a winning strategy? How about a player who thinks blacks are inferior to whites and shouldn't be selected on the team. Would this player be a good selection that will help the team win? I assume you've played team sports and know how important locker room vibe and team chemistry is important to winning. The team performance is greater than any one individual.
@@dennisnguyen8105 Perhaps it is because I remember when players would deliberately injure their club opponents, who were international teammates, to win a match, that this argument feels a bit soft for professional football. If you cannot play with someone who hurt your feelings, would you be willing to hurt an opponent to win a World Cup? Folk in UK are raised on Bill Shankley's quotation :- “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”
@@alansmithee8831 Well, go back to England if you want to kill somebody to win a football match. I rather not have my teammate wishing me to have a season or career ending injury but that is just "soft" liberal me. Good luck back in England when all you've have is 1966. The trophy may not be "coming home" but at least old England will have you coming home. Cheers mate. It is one thing to play rough in competition but to wish somebody harm because you disagree with their lifestyle. I assume then that religious beliefs are so important that you will kill to make sure your beliefs win? Next time you see a gay couple, is it justified you pushed them into incoming bus? Or, is more than life and death extends only to football? How about ice skating or competitive cooking show or world champion knitting.
i was always a big supporter of the USWNT for many years. Watching players like Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach sparked my interest for women's football. The USWNT always stood for equality, equity and human rights (including LGBTQIA+ rights). It saddens me that Korbin Albert faced no consequences whatsoever for her social media posts. To see that she has been rewarded with making the Olympic roster makes it impossible for me to continue supporting the USWNT (at least at the Olympic Games. Sad for Alex Morgan but when you see what other options there are with strikers it dosn't come as a big surprise..
Let me spell it out for those of you on here trying to push your alphabet agenda. JUST LIKE you would get offended if you were forced to wear a cross on your jersey, so do we Christians get offended if you try to force us to wear your symbols in order to play a sport, join a team, etc. I'm thankful when people leave politics OUT of sport!! GO USA!!!
First let me say I support Albert's selection. It seems some people won't be satisfied until she does a Cersei walk of shame. That said, the reason wearing a cross is offensive is because it represents the homophobia that Albert was indoctrinated into. Moreover, a cross on a USA jersey is contrary to America's freedom from a state religion. On the other hand, jerseys supporting Pride exalt America's principles that ALL PEOPLE are equal under the law. The attempted analogy does not work.
@msponsler1 Christianity believes all people are created equal and that homosexuality is a sin. As for the alphabet ideology, it is a godless religion. People are indoctrinated into it, too. For most, it is learned. (If it was genetic alone, it would decrease and disappear because it wouldn't get passed on (because gay/lesbian people don't reproduce).) Only you are trying to require others to think like you in order to represent our country. Shame on you.
First off, thank you Sarah and Sara. I need to say as an LGBTQ+ member what Korbin did was unacceptable. What is also unacceptable is that she posted a half assed apology on her story which she knew only lasts 24hrs. Second, why are people not taking about Korbin endorsing a message saying Megan Rapinoe deserved to tear her Achilles in the final game of her career which is unbelievably disgusting. I am frustrated that US Soccer isn’t making it known to fans that they’re having positive conversations because we don’t see any progress and I am not in support of her. I will continue cheering for the USWNT, but Korbin hasn’t played well in recent matches which is even more curious. Lastly, good luck to the USWNT, I hope they win and Korbin is able to mature and make better decisions. All respect and love to Alex Morgan, but every forward on the roster is better than her by miles.
Well if you find Albert endorsing a message about Rapinoe then do you find it disgusting the comments that Rapinoe made about "that's her injury is proof there is no God" . Genuinely curious. You have your beliefs and that's fine but we live in a country that have different beliefs and at the end of the day you have to respect it and not force your or any other beliefs down people throats.
Korbin should have at least gotten some form of disciplinary action for what she did. It comes to show US Soccer Federation true identity. Korbin clearly didn't care who she would hurt with her actions. I think people often forget that it's not about their opinions or beliefs on the Lgbtq+ community that is wrong because everyone is entitled to such. What makes it wrong is the way some choose to express themselves on the topic because most people can be extremely ruthless, hurtful, and hateful towards someone who chose a non-traditional lifestyle. The least thing someone can do is be respectful towards those who choose to live their life differently and that goes across the board whether you're from the community or not. As a society we are lacking a whole lot of empathy, tolerance, respect, kindness and love for one another. At the end of the day, we are all human, and the hate should be the last thing we give out.
If you are going to start punishing people for speech, you're basically a communist. Please move to China. We'll keep our freedom of conscience, thank you!! And secondly, if you think that being offended makes you right, that's incorrect. Finally, when people wearing the USWNT crest take a knee, don't salute, etc.... they're offending MILLIONS of Americans. Are you going to make them apologize to us? (We know you are not. You have zero self awareness.) Are you catching on to why it's best to keep politics out of sport yet? GO USA!!!
@a12martinez23 Oh look, the thought minders at YT erased my comment!! Just like you alphabet clowns on here, they too are into controlling the thoughts & actions of other people.
WTF hey this is professional sport if the coach thinks she good enuff to play in the squad she good enuff irrespective of her opinions. Korbin did not commit a crime u lilly weathered snowflakes need to chill and accept not everyone will agree with one's opinions.
So if you kneel or don't show up for the national anthem while playing for your country, it's okay, but to like a post like that is called for some sort of "disciplinary actions" LMFAO you're so funny
Let Emma choose what is best for the team, not everyone is agrees with everyone all the time, we live in a free country, KA has already apologized, let the hate off her, the hate she and USWNT are getting is ridiculous. There are LGBT members in the National teams in Basketball, Waterpolo, Softball, Swimming teams among others have LGBT members and people that don’t agree with them but this hate specifically directed at KA and the USWSNT is ridiculous. Let Emma work, let the locker room work itself out.
you should focus on players who fit the style UNLESS they are going to cause big divisions in the locker room and spoil the team spirit. also, if diversity is good, why not diversity of opinion too? on the other hand, people who want to end diversity and make everyone think the same maybe don't belong within 'diversity of opinion'. it's a tricky one. obviously Albert is a good player, PSG is super high level, so on a footballing basis she should be in
The Korbin decision goes along with the worlds sway to the right 100% .. this country and around the world. What you put out you get back, one way or another, that is my belief, karma; things have a way of balancing out.
If you mean right by believing in Orange Satan? Really. Kids now know you can be a felon and sex offender and become President. Btw- I am left center and believe she apologized and should be left alone
It’s called keeping feelings safe. She made a mistake. She’s young and they want to deal with it within the team that’s fine for me. People on social media can be very rude in comment and people will trash you for making a mistake. YOULL BE fine you don’t need to know every thing going on. when something like this happens the USWNT job to protect their players on the team. Sorry you upset but you can be nosy somewhere else.
People need to stop being hypocrites and leave Korbin alone. The locker room will take care of itself. I am a member of the LGBT community and I am shocked at how people are doing to her ……exactly what she did by forwarding and liking posts that were hateful.
This poor girl has gotten so much hate online. I am very happy that women’s soccer has blocked her name so she can’t see the vile shit people are saying about her. Imagine playing for your country and getting booed because of the way she was brought up. Keep in mind I don’t agree with religion and what they teach their kids. But at the end of the day that narrow mindedness is how she was brought up. But here you have a whole community of people that were obviously hurt by her actions. She has apologized, and none of us can invalidate her apology. Because none of us know her and are in her head. But let’s just say her being a young kid, sheltered, by religion. This is her first adult mistake in the real world. I don’t think her mom stays with her and France. She’s living on her own for the first time and imagine reading constant. Hate about herself from a group of people that she knew she hurt. If you were her, would you want to support a community that is so vile after you’ve made a mistake and apologize for it? I can be honest with you and the way this community is treating her would definitely turn me off from all of them. She’s young. She’s a kid. She made a mistake. I guess the whole LGBTQ plus community makes no mistakes. They’ve never said something to hurt another person? Oh wait, isn’t that exactly what they’re doing to her now? I love women’s soccer, but the amount of politics that this group of people brings into the sport is exhausting. It’s a sport. It’s supposed to be fun. Stop making it political.
Make it about race or disability and make the publisher of the hate be a privileged white college educated young woman who ticks society's boxes. Make the so called apology disappear after 24 hrs and make the people who speak up about it be two other privileged white women. Make the organisation she is part of say absolutely nothing and then make the organisation select her to represent the country. I don't think Korbin cares what the queer community think and may not care about them booing. She probably does care about other straight people booing and hating on her for her active bullying in 2024.Btw...sport is only political when someone makes it that way. Korbin posted the hate...not a small amount or even once. Again...if a USA national representative posted racial hate (bit off some politics) we'd all know what to do. It's time to stop seeing sexuality hatred as something like pineapple on pizza.
The one thing I will say about Pinoe at the WC and Morgan not on the Olympic roster is that the Olympic roster is very small. Doesn't really allow for carrying the veteran presence. I think the roster size is too small overall, when you consider how compressed the tournament is compared to a World Cup tournament.
For those of us who are upset at the apparent regression of US Soccer and many of the comments here defending KA and accusing liberals of being hypocritical because we're not accepting of diversity. I'm old enough to remember what the argument by regressive Christians used to be. I remembered growing up the comment was "America is a democracy and the majority rules. Because the majority of Americans are against gays, trans, blacks, women equality, the minority should abide by the majority. There was a movement called "The Moral Majority" They didn't use the inclusiveness or diversity argument. They want the majority voice to dominate and be the singular voice. Things have changed and the religious right is no longer the majority and so they argument they used have shifted. What it means is that they recognized that they are no longer the majority and are now "pleading" that their minority voices be given equal weight.
Morgan is a legend but the forwards picked are in far better form. If you want to progress you can't pick someone on just the name.As for Korbin that's down to your fed.They should be saying to the manager we don't want her on the team. As for Emma she is very good with getting younger players to look how they live their lives and training..
Emma Hayes really doesn't care about the "activism" around the USWNT, if anything she probably wants it gone as it's now overshadowing the soccer. As said when she went over to the States, she will piss people off quite easily if she wanted to.
you don't even know the facts about that. Emma hayes bought a new goalkeeper and brought in a young England keeper from the chelsea youth team. The aging keeper who got dropped, girlfriend who also plays for chelsea spend half the season sulking and throwing her toys out the pram. That's what pissed hayes off
But what does KA have to do to move forwards? If she makes no statement people will be upset, if she does make a statement people will say it’s forced???
I think the problem is that people feel she is being embraced and rewarded. US soccer speaking up may have helped the situation but instead it feels like she is beloved.
Have you noticed since she was called to camp, Albert was virtually invisible in all the video clips from training and promotional content? Maybe a glimpse in the background, but never with the coverage afforded other players. Like they were hiding her. And of course when she was subbed in games, her entrance was downplayed and "covered up" by other players coming in or timing or even commercial breaks. Perhaps they are getting it that fans are not happy, but they are going to try to sneak her in anyway? Is she really that great a player to go to those lengths?
yeah she is, she plays for one of the best teams in Europe. Emma Hayes only cares about winning not bullshit sideshows. How about lesbians get over korbin Albert, you are criticising the uswnt for deleting or blocking comments of ypu insulting one of your own player. Do you only support the team when it's full of gay players? Get a grip.
US soccer needs to address the issue rather than sweep it under the carpet. All we've heard is an apparent apology from Ckorbin and two straight team members saying something vague. Croix Bethune is playing better than the player causing all of this controversy. I feel sad that this institution is crumbling because a 20 year old's views were not appropriately shut down and instead she seems to be protected and rewarded. Personally the bitter, injured part of me wants the USA to lose to Zambia and be out early so we can be done with them embracing the homophobe. I am also no longer on Emma's side especially when you take some comments made earlier in the year into consideration about gay relationships within teams. If Kcorbin had made racial slurs we would not be seeing her for some time. She wasn't talking about pineapple on pizza she was dismissive and hateful about homosexual humans and seemed to be celebrating the injuring of Megan Rapinoe. That's not a young person needing to be educated that's just a horrible human having views and believing in her right to publish hate.
You no longer being a fan (as of this posting)I think we're better for it. Do yourself a favor stop marching to the old number 15 drum beat there's no purpose she's not parted of this team anymore.
I'm disappointed but not surprised about Korbin. Emma Hayes has been problematic to the queer community before (re: Alex Scott/Kelly Smith; 'player-player rels. being inappropriate', etc) and so I'm not surprised she hasn't excluded her/punished her in any way. Disappointing but unsurprising. So now I won't be supporting the USWNT. This whole situation has been handled poorly and continues to be and I will not support their actions until we see real change and/or consequences. I guess I'm rooting for Aus/Spain probably.
I’m a big supporter of Women’s soccers esp national team. But truly disappointed how the USWNT officials is moving forward , I feel the fight of equality and respect of players were silenced . The fight that the former members of the USWNT is tarnished and disregarded. They fought so hard for equality . I can’t continue supporting an org that will continually downplay the role of women of all gender and form .
Corbin is a rising star, what she said is right, she is young with talent in football, you will not deal with every irregularity of tik tok, the only mistake I find is that she should not have apologized, especially to the specific person who was her illness American team, now I see a young team with a brilliant mind, as long as no other activist comes along and starts manipulating them like you all know who
@@cdc7057Right?!! It's clear that Rapinoe got many of the people in this feed here. We'll see if they actually stay for the soccer in the long run. Go USA!!!
So this RU-vid video has aged well 🤣😄😂. USWNT 2024 Olympic Gold Medal Winners. USWNT undefeated in Olympic play. USWNT went from #5 FIFA ranking to #1. Korbin Albert only player other than the "Triple Espresso" to score a goal. Korbin Albert starting Olympic Final. Looks like Emma knew what she was doing ... go figure. A couple things to point out, Korbin Albert has never posted any "comments" about the LGBTQ community or about Rapinoe. People that have commented that she has "said" things or her liking Rapinoe's injury are wrong, do some research. I'm pretty sure her posts are for her friends and family, if you somehow have been exposed to them, go somewhere else, they're not for you. Labeling her beliefs as "hate" is ridiculous. The game of football is not just for the LGBTQ community. My opinion. Reading this comment section after the Olympics is the gift that keeps on giving 🤗🤭🤫.
Besides the horrible posts from Korbin Albert, I don't think she's that good of a player. To have such a controversial player who I think isn't up to snuff on the soccer side of things either (which I thought this before the posts) is the wrong decision by USWNT in my opinion.
@@numbers7nTwo things can be right at the same time. I think Pinoe shouldn't have been called up last world cup and the USWNT has had a tendency to stick with legends too long. However what I miss most in all this discourse is the team's cohesion and psychological effect. We have seen 'mid teams' perform above expectations time and time again. Why? Because of their team mentality and the way they work for each other, it's not just as simple as putting the best players out there. I believe the US had a basketball fiasco that makes this quite clear...
I like how all the comments call for Korbin Albert to be punished for words. More examples of the tolerant left. The roster shouldn’t represent anything other than the best players. That’s what competitive sports is all about. Nothing else is relevant.
THANK YOU!! Brought to you by the same people who burn the flag, burn down cities, & then pretend that words are violence but that their ACTUAL violence is just speech... Same people that are trained to attack American symbols & traditions, but then paint their colors on roads & then complain when people drive on them. Anything but the truth for them... They claim they want "tolerance", but they really just want power & control, and they have no intention of living & letting others live. Go USA!!!
Idk, maybe look at the comments? At worst it's 50/50 being negative, I think you may have come in here think it would be that way but look what is said in the comments, it's truly different. Maybe you had a little bit of confirmation bias looking at this situation
@@arrahhed5402 I didn’t come here with confirmation bias. I came here because I thought it was a video about the USWNT roster. The first 8 comments I read were hating on Korbin Albert, not because of her skills or experience, but because of speech. I mistakenly thought I’d find soccer fans. For the most part I found political activists pretending to be soccer fans.
I love it!!I was hoping Emma Hayes understand Korbin Albert's real value, the leaving out of the roster of Morgan was the right decision.....Everybody knew.....Emma Hayes will bring players who can produce, and not over the hill players who cannot produce anything.....Bravo Emma Hayes!!👍
Agree. You can be Emma Hayes and think Albert is the right player for your needs and justify her on your squad. I have no problem with that. But you don't need to say that. If asked, Hayes could have said something along the lines of "The USNWT has always been committed to diversity and inclusion and that has not changed. We believe Korbin [pick one - regrets that event, has learned from past events, shares that commitment].
@wendysnelgrove5870 Wow!! You Christophobes just can't tolerate a diversity of opinions can you?!! You would actually keep a person off the squad if they don't genuflect to your ideology. Imagine if you had to claim that you believed in God in order to play for the USWNT?!! That is unacceptable. So is what you are trying to do. Stop trying to make people deny their conscience in order to represent their country. If you claim you are for diversity, then defend the most important kind of diversity: diversity of thought. If you claim that the USWNT should represent the entire country, then there will be Christians on the team. GO USA!!!
I am all for Korbin, freedom of speech and religion. There is a pushback against wokeism and DEI crap in this country. I have boycotted too many things to count. I may actually now root for the USWNT soccer team in the Olympics along with Spain. I am one of those who rooted against the USWNT in the World Cup. Alex Morgan had become the "Pretentious Princess" who along with Rapinoe had destroyed their brands at the World Cup. I have slowly quit following women's soccer since Carli Lloyd retired.
Here's my take on KA. She should've gone straight to a microphone and apologized in person. Not with ONE text and done. Personally, I have no idea if she actually wrote that or if a PR did it. I understand that people (young) make mistakes. Tooooo much time has gone bye.
2:30 you answer this without realising (from a selfish point id rather usa team didnt git gud again) first major tournement bla blah she could be gcarrying injuries she could just be on the down grade shes knocking on a bit :) there are still in my eyes more refreshing needed the one thing usa ladies hasnt done in soccer,is rejuvinate it should be an on going process
Women's sports, so much drama. And no one's talking about transgender women playing in women's football leagues. IMHO that should be the main topic of discussion.
I'm more concerned about the continuing presences of non-whites staining our professional and collegiate athletics. I'm fine with them play JV High school sports but after that they should play in their own league somewhere outside of public fields.
@@SassyPiperLiven Yep!! And YT is deleting my responses to them. I guess this little channel wants to remain an island of censored speech. (It is flooded with a disproportionately high amount of alphabet ideology supporters.)
@@DoriCoplien Respectfully, why do you care? Would you cheer less if there were no Lesbians on the squad? Would cheer more if every player was a Lesbian? Winning is the goal and who they want to have a relationship with is secondary. Now I’m not naive enough to know that many people don’t accept my view but so what. Winning isn’t the only thing but wanting to win is and that is what I want to see.
@@beachliving3127I'm with you!!! Let's bring our best team & let's win this thing!! I'm so excited to see them play!! This comment section is full of people who seem to have been brought to soccer under the banner of the rainbow flag. They aren't here just for soccer. That's not enough for them, lol. As a Christian, I just laugh. I wasn't brought to soccer by some Christian agenda that attached itself to soccer. I don't expect every player to be Christian, nor every utterance of every national team player to reflect my views & my views only. I don't try to force every USWNT player to wear the cross & say the Nicene creed in order to play for the nation. But that is the equivalent of what these myopic alphabet clowns on here would do if they had the power to do so. (It's what they're trying to do.) Thank God this country is still free. GO USA!!!
after seeing the reaction to Caitlin Clark missing out on the basketball team, I think Emma didn't want to upset the right-wing crazies, especially in an election year. I will never forget how many of them cheered the USWNT's failure at the World Cup. At least if Korbin Albert does well at the Olympics, it will keep the crazies at bay. If she doesn't, Emma can say she tried and then drop her from the next squad with justification.
Well, I'm not them, but I'll say this in reply. I am a Christian, regularly attending church and participating in our youth program and Church Council. I don't believe what Korbin did is consistent with my understand of God's boundless love for all the people of the earth. I'm assuming you don't agree, which is fine. But this is a channel devoted to women's soccer with particular emphasis on LGBTQ+ athletes. The channel owners and the participants are going to be people who believe Korbin made a mistake. The discussion here will be about whether she has done enough to earn forgiveness, or the prioritization of football needs over other objectives, or the actions of the team in censoring discussion of Korbin on the roster, and so forth. There isn't going to be a discussion here about whether or not she made a mistake. On this channel, that's a given. You are perfectly entitled to your belief that it isn't a mistake, and there are lots of places on social media to voice that opinion. But coming here to do so is trollish.
@@wendysnelgrove5870 So you are telling atx to go away so you clowns can have a safe space 🤣 Korbin did NOTHING wrong, it hurting your feelings means absolutely nothing. Pro LGBT+ people tend to just cry alot, and you wonder why everyone gives this group of people crap?
@@wendysnelgrove5870 @wendysnelgrove5870 I noticed you didn't state what she did wrong or what mistakes. You just made a bunch of general statements. Also, did you think saying that you are a "Christian" will help with your argument that the channel owners and participants are going to be people who believe Korbin made a mistake even if she didn't do anything wrong? Earn forgiveness for what? Everyone on the Team can't express themselves and even mock God and she is supposed to shut up and play. I'm not even religious but with "Christians" like you
