Lindsey Horan says US soccer fans aren’t smart. That ignores their global outlook

USWNT co-captain criticized supporters' knowledge of the game. But her words ignored the role the women's team has played in building a soccer culture

Last Thursday, The Athletic dropped an interview with Lindsey Horan that probably didn't have fans flocking to buy her replica shirt.

Apparently, the co-captain of the trailblazing US women's national team thinks that American soccer fans, most of them aren't smart ... They don't know the game. They don't understand." She did, admittedly, throw them a bone, adding: [But] it's getting better and better."