Article 5EG3M USWNT are 'past protesting phase' as they stand for national anthem

USWNT are 'past protesting phase' as they stand for national anthem

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For the first time this year, the entire US women's soccer team stood for the national anthem before the game.

I think those that were collectively kneeling felt like we were kneeling to bring about attention to police brutality and systemic racism," Crystal Dunn said after USA's 2-0 win over Brazil. Moving forward, we decided we no longer feel the need to kneel because we are doing the work behind the scenes. We are combating systemic racism. We never felt we were going to kneel forever."

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