Pro football player slams media for praising Megan Rapinoe while slamming Christian Pulisic for Trump dance

After scoring a goal on Monday, American men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic joined the wave of athletes pulling off President-elect Trump’s “YMCA” dance as a celebration.

Afterwards, Pulisic told reporters that he “I thought it was funny” and said the dance moves were not “political” in nature.

But that didn’t get out of hand.

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Christian Pulisic and Megan Rapinoe. (Getty Images/IMAGN)

The US Soccer Federation (USSF) did not address Pulisic’s dance, but did cut that part of the clip when it posted the score on its social media accounts. However, anonymous USSF officials expressed their dismay to The Athletic on Tuesday.

“Literally, no one here is surprised.” a USSF employee told the press. “It doesn’t feel like it, at least. But it’s still really disappointing, to say the least.”

Another employee added that the organization had “more pressing things to worry about.”

Well, a former member of the United States men’s youth soccer program took a shot at the media for ripping Pulisic, posting a story from The Athletic that was headlined “Christian Pulisic, Donald Trump’s dance and why real leaders consider their impact. actions.”

American Christian Pulisic brings the ball up the field as Jamaica’s Tayvon Gray watches during the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal soccer match at CityPark in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

“Megan Rapinoe shouts and screams about every radical liberal idea, and the soccer media cheers like seals at her. Christian Pulisic does the trump dance, and now the soccer media says they should worry about the ‘message’ on who sends him,” Andrew Carleton. wrote on X on Wednesday.

In the story, The Athletic writer Jeff Reuter also warned the football star to “consider the impact” of the dance move and why he “might end up regretting it.”

U.S. forward Christian Pulisic controls the ball as Jamaica midfielder Joel Latibeaudiere defends during the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal soccer match Monday at CityPark in St. Louis. (Jeff Curry-Images Images)

“Pulisic can dance if he wants to. Any fan of 1980s one-hit wonders knows this. But it’s one thing to say you’re a leader and another to do what leaders do: consider how their actions will be perceived by teammates and others,” he wrote. “And yes, that extends to dances — especially when you’re literally miming an elected leader’s dance. Rather than any of the countless apolitical shimmies he could have chosen, this was a deliberate reference.”

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Carleton last played in the United Soccer League for the Las Vegas Lights last year. He was a member of the USA U20 team in 2019.

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