The momentary resignation of the selection of fifteen players has caused a stir within Spanish football and has also crossed borders thanks to social networks. The messages of support for the soccer players have multiplied and among all the statement of the player Megan Rapinoe stands out.
The veteran American soccer player, a star and icon of women's soccer, has positioned herself on the side of her fellow professionals through a brief message on Instagram. "You have a 16th player standing with you in America," the 37-year-old OL Reign midfielder wrote.
"So many players united like these are very powerful. We should all listen to them," she added along with a photograph of the Spanish team Rapinoe, who has always claimed the importance of equating women's football to men's in all areas, both from the social point of view as economic.
It should be remembered that the Californian was one of the 28 players who denounced the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to claim equal pay against men's soccer, a legal battle settled in favor of the players. On the other hand, Rapinoe is also a strong activist against homophobia and transphobia in sports.
In addition to Rapinoe, other voices of women's football have positioned themselves on the side of the players through social networks. The former player and now representative Ana Romero Moreno, international 13 times with the national team during her active stage, called the fifteen soccer players "bosses" and wrote that "the dictatorship has long since ended in Spain."
For his part, the agent Moises Trillo, among his clients those involved Lucía García and Laia Aleixandri, published that "soccer is and will always be for female soccer players", while the also representative Carlota Planas indicated that there is "little more to add" on the tweet of the journalist Iñako Díaz Guerra: "In what head can it fit that 15 soccer players, who are not millionaires and risk disqualification, resign from the national team on a whim?"
