The U.S. soccer indoor at the world Cup in France, made headlines. Both playful as well as socially, they play in a completely different League than the other Nations.
An orange-colored hard court, two tennis courts with nets and a wooden table, on which numerous microphones: For christen Press, this environment must have been like a fusion of Childhood and the present. The U.S. soccer national player, the day before the world Cup semi-final against England in a somewhat unusual setting the questions of the journalists, comes from a sporting family, whose father was also a footballer, the mother of tennis player.
“In the family”, the striker once the magazine Sports Illustrated, “was laid out told a lot of value on Winning.” This led to her self-consciousness was always dependent on results. “If I won, I felt like a heroine, I lost, I was just a loser,” she says in a Video, by a player of the US women’s Soccer Team.
Arrogant, overbearing, presumptuous?
Success is not only for Press, but for the whole Team an extremely important role. Three world titles, four Olympic Champions, world ranking list number one: The expectations of, not only the Public, but also by the players themselves, are extremely large – as well as the self-confidence of the team. “We have the best Team in the world and the second-best Team,” said Ali Krieger after the second sovereign group game victory against Chile, in the with seven fresh players, so to speak, a B-Eleven was started. This was not received well. Arrogant, arrogant, arrogant – so the reactions around the world. “We are not arrogant. I think we are just being self-aware,” replies the Press on the question of the Deutsche Welle.
The battle for recognition won
Self-confident, not arrogant: US Star christen Press (M.), here in the quarter-finals of the world Cup against France
“We have before our opponents with great respect. Our way is to show that we are preparing ourselves very intensively to you and always assume that the next opponent the Best in the world.” With this approach, the Team is – unlike Germany – has always been consistently successful.
And due to the success of the team in the past decade, has become something else than titles and trophies won, the football remains inside recognition in other countries continue to be denied:. This appreciation benefits the U.S. women is impressive, not only on the lawn, but also outside of it to assume a pioneering role.
“The US women have such a big platform. You are, such as Alex Morgan, right Stars”, the English national player Lucy Bronze, one of the best football in the world, compared to the DW without envy. “You try to put topics and with the help of your media presence on the major issues,” the defensive player.
For equality and against discrimination
Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Press, and other U.S. players to fight back against discrimination in public and not be afraid, even with the President to create. You have to fight for equality, even if they have to lawsuits against the Association of their own. The success as an athlete has made on the court, you as a human self-conscious – and that makes the Team stronger.
Also christen Press has benefited from the social appreciation in their own country personally. To identify “stand-alone success, for me, was very unhealthy,” says christen Press in the Video of the US Womens Soccer Team. “I’ve learned to like me as a person.” Meanwhile, she gives her experience from over 100 countries to play, especially to the younger players more.
“Self-awareness is something Great. It is something that defines us as a US Team, and what we with our services and also to our subsequent generations will want to demonstrate.”