Megan Rapinoe, who fancies herself to be the “woke” Colin Kaepernick of the women’s soccer world, is speaking out this week to slam former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro for his “caveman levels of misogyny” after he announced plans to run again for the post he resigned from two years ago in disgrace.
Rapinoe Sounds Off
ESPN reported that Cordeiro was elected president of U.S. Soccer in 2018, but resigned two years later due to backlash over the way the federation responded to the equal pay lawsuit filed by the USWNT. At the time, players and sponsors said that the response was sexist.
Rapinoe responded to reports that Cordeiro is running again by questioning whether he resigned under pressure or because “he embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels of misogyny?”
“…after resigning under pressure” or resigned bc he embarrassed everything and everyone with caveman levels of misogyny? https://t.co/nD9PTPUCRH
— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) January 4, 2022
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Cordeiro Running Again
Cordeiro revealed he’s running again on Wednesday, saying that “in recent months, members across our federation have approached me with their concerns about the current direction of U.S. Soccer.” He is set to run against Cindy Parlow Cone, his former vice president who replaced him after he resigned.
“Members have not always been consulted on important decisions, such as when the Development Academy was abruptly shut down without discussion or warning, throwing our youth landscape into disarray,” his statement read.
“Extreme budget and personnel cuts — beyond what was required by the pandemic — have made it harder to rebuild for the future,” Cordeiro added. “After nearly two years, the current U.S. Soccer leadership has still not resolved the various lawsuits facing the federation…”
During Cordeiro’s time as president, the soccer federation claimed that women had inherently less “ability” than the male players because ability is “materially influenced by the level of certain physical attributes, such as speed and strength.” The federation then said that this was not “a sexist stereotype” but instead an “indisputable science.”
“We’ve sort of felt that those are some of the undercurrent feelings that they’ve had for a long time,” Rapinoe fired back at the time, “but to see that as the argument, as blatant misogyny and sexism as the argument against us, is really disappointing.”
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Why Cordeiro Resigned
Cordeiro resigned soon thereafter saying that he “did not have the opportunity to fully review the filing in its entirety before it was submitted,” but if he had, he would have objected to it. In his statement on Wednesday, Cordeiro referred to the lawsuit when he said that “given what happened two years ago, I feel that I have a personal responsibility to help resolve” it.
“I will make it a top priority to reach a settlement with our women’s national team players, who have made extraordinary contributions to our federation, inspired fans around the world and who deserve equal pay,” Cordeiro said. “In recent years, U.S. Soccer has made major investments in our women’s teams, and many historic inequities have been addressed. I believe we now have an opportunity to resolve our remaining differences.”
It remains to be seen how Rapinoe’s remarks will impact Cordeiro’s chances moving forward.
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