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Women’s Soccer: Only One Player Stands Before Olympic Game For Bronze, Others Take Knee

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Women’s Soccer: Only One Player Stands Before Olympic Game For Bronze, Others Take Knee
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The U.S. women’s soccer team took a knee ostensibly in solidarity with the radical Black Lives Matter movement before the team’s game for bronze on Thursday — save for one player, Carli Lloyd.

Photos from the field show Lloyd stayed on her feet while all other 10 players on the field took a knee to protest alleged systemic racism in the U.S. against black people.

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