The U.S. Women’s National Team doesn’t instill the same fear into the rest of the soccer world as it once did.
That’s at least the criticism from former team member Carli Lloyd.
Lloyd has not been shy about expressing her criticism of the women’s national team in the past, and she did so again after the group fell to Mexico, 2-0, on Monday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup.
“Yes the whole world has caught up…but I actually hate when people say that because the #USWNT started to regress at 2020 Olympics and have gone backwards..now they have to rebuild and claw and climb their way back up. #NoOneFearsTheUswntanymore,” Lloyd posted on X in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Lloyd didn’t stop there, responding to a number of comments to her initial post, including to one fan who had posted that America’s women’s soccer supremacy “is a myth.”
“Yes! Teams used to lose the game before they played us because of fear and intimidation…as the complacency and lack of hunger crept in during 2020 it has given teams the confidence to know the US is beatable so that edge is lost,” she responded.
The outspoken critic of the women’s team made headlines all over the world about her shots at the USWNT, a team which she had been a part and won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup titles with.
Lloyd even drew a response from then-head coach Vlatko Andonovski after she was critical of the players’ performance during the World Cup broadcast on Fox Sports last summer.
Lloyd, who scored 134 goals during her time with the USWNT from 2005-21, has transitioned into a broadcasting role since retiring from soccer.
She repeatedly called into question what she felt had been a sense of entitlement by the Americans during last year’s World Cup.
The US was knocked out in the round of 16 by Sweden last year.
Twila Kilgore had been leading the USWNT since Andonovski resigned after the World Cup disappointment.
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes will take over the USWNT after the Women’s Super League season comes to am end.
