AUCKLAND, New Zealand — United States women’s national team captain Lindsey Horan pushed back against negative comments from retired former teammate and pundit Carli Lloyd, saying such criticism of the team’s mentality “hurts” and is “frustrating” but it’s just “noise.”
Lloyd stirred controversy by criticizing her former team after a 0-0 draw against Portugal to close the Women’s World Cup group stage. Lloyd retired from the team in 2021 and has played with most of this current USWNT roster and for coach Vlatko Andonovski.
“It’s kind of frustrating for me to hear,” Horan said on Thursday, “especially knowing this team and knowing how much we put into every single game, how much preparation we put into every single game, seeing our trainings, seeing how…
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