The U.S. women’s soccer team has established themselves as tea drinking badasses who will not be going to the “fucking White House” any time soon, and on the heels of a Fourth of July in a year when it doesn’t seem like there’s all that much to celebrate, escaping into a bit of harmless American hero-worship for a minute couldn’t hurt. So to mark their 2-0 defeat of the Netherlands for their fourth title, thanks to two goals by lavender-haired hero Megan Rapinoe and Washington Spirit midfielder Rose Lavelle within eight minutes, let’s take a moment to appreciate the best American sports team since the Rockford Peaches.
Here are some pictures of women who know exactly what they’re doing, captioned by me, a person with only the most tenuous, threadlike understanding of what’s happening in them.
Megan Rapinoe tempers her goal celebrating with a thumbs midway, rather than a thumbs up, which is much less ostentatious.
