NBA star Jonathan Isaac said the U.S. women’s soccer team should “do the right thing” when representing their country in the 2023 World Cup.
“It would only benefit us for them to do the right thing and to share their pride,” Isaac said to Megyn Kelly during her SiriusXM The Megyn Kelly Show on Monday.
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Last week, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team raised the ire of the American public after most players refused to sing the national anthem or put their hands over their hearts. While the anthem played, many on the team stared ahead in silent protest with virtually no emotion or reaction.
Isaac added, “But at the same time, the America that they live in affords them the freedom to go and not sing the national anthem or put their hands over their heart. And again, I think that speaks to how great America is.”
“Yes, America has had its downfalls and its pitfalls, but it hasn’t done everything wrong. We wouldn’t be where we are today if America did everything wrong,” the Orlando Magic forward said to Kelly.
The athlete told the former Fox News personality that it’s “not a bad thing to have pride in your country and where you were born or where you come from.”
“We should understand that being Americans binds us together,” he said.
In addition to Isaac and Kelly’s reactions, the women’s soccer team has drawn mixed reviews for their protest.
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One columnist in Kansas wrote that the “USA women’s soccer team is at World Cup to win, not sing for Megyn Kelly and Nikki Haley.”
A former college soccer star slammed the team in an op-ed for ignoring “one of the unspoken norms of soccer on the world stage: National teams sing their national anthems at major international tournaments.”
