USWNT captain Lindsey Horan claps again at Carli Lloyd’s criticisms: ‘You haven’t any thought’

U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Workforce coach Vlatko Andonovski already responded to Carli Lloyd’s blistering comments about his membership, and now crew captain Lindsey Horan is airing her frustrations in opposition to the previous soccer star.

Horan said during a press conference Wednesday that the feedback had been “form of irritating for me to listen to” when requested in regards to the ex-USWNT participant and present Fox Sports activities analyst’s criticisms, which got here after the U.S. drew with Portugal earlier within the week.

“Particularly understanding this crew and the way a lot we put into each single sport,” Horan informed reporters throughout a information convention. 

Andonovski had referred to as it “insane” to query the mentality and the crew’s willingness to win earlier within the week. 

Lloyd strongly criticized the USWNT for its effort in opposition to Portugal and the way the crew danced and smiled following the ultimate sport of the group stage that resulted in a 0-0 draw.

Lloyd continued her criticism of the tradition and mentality of the crew in a follow-up interview with Fox Sports activities’ Martin Rogers. 

Lloyd did soften her stance a bit, telling the Fox Sports activities viewers Wednesday that “I would like folks to grasp that I care deeply about this crew.” 

However Horan nonetheless stood in agency assist of her crew throughout the press convention.

“I at all times need to defend my crew and say like, you don’t have any thought what’s happening behind the scenes, you don’t have any thought each single angle, each single coaching, like what we’re doing individually, collectively, et cetera,” Horan continued. 

The USWNT has confronted loads of criticism of the way it has performed throughout the World Cup this yr, particularly because the event favorites had been held off the board in opposition to Portugal and have only one win to date. 

Whereas Horan acknowledged the squad ought to have performed higher, she stated questioning their want to win was a step too far for the USWNT captain. 

“On this sport, you’ll be able to’t query that we didn’t need to win the sport. You’ll be able to’t query we weren’t working as arduous as we probably might. We all know we might have performed higher,” she stated. 

“Once more, it was a extremely good crew that we confronted. So you already know, for me, it’s like, once more, it’s noise and once more, it’s an opinion and everyone seems to be entitled to their very own opinion. And you already know, that’s the way it goes.

“For anybody to query our mentality, you already know, hurts a bit of bit, however on the finish of the day, it’s like, doesn’t actually matter. I don’t actually care. It’s you already know, what’s happening inside right here. It’s what’s happening inside the crew, and we’re preparing for that subsequent week.”

The USWNT will play its first match of the knockout spherical on Sunday in opposition to Sweden at 5 a.m.