After Fox Sports analyst Carli Lloyd blasted the USWNT for their performance in a 0–0 draw against Portugal to advance out of group play on Tuesday at the Women’s World Cup, coach Vlatko Andonovski did not shy away from firing back at Lloyd’s criticism of the team in the tournament thus far.
In addition to criticizing the USWNT’s postgame celebration after narrowly escaping Portugal, Lloyd also called the team’s performance “lackluster.”
“You never want to take anything for granted,” Lloyd said. “You put on that jersey and you want to give it everything you have, for the people that came before you and the people that are going to come after you, and I’m just not seeing that passion. I’m just seeing a very lackluster, uninspiring, taking-it-for-granted, where winning and training and doing all that you can to be the best possible individual player is not happening.”
