And you'll never believe where she's placing the blame...Nah, you guessed it, she's blaming President Trump.MEDIA FIGURES MELT DOWN OVER TRUMP INVOLVEMENT WITH FIFA AS US STAR FOLARIN BALOGUN SET TO PLAYFormer US women's national team player Megan Rapinoe gave her take on the US men's team's World Cup loss to Belgium.(Photo by Soobum Im/USSF/Getty Images))One of the biggest stories going into Monday's match against Belgium had to do with the red card and suspension of U.S.
star Folarin Balogun.Of course, pretty much everyone agreed it was a lousy call, and when the President phoned up FIFA, they allowed Balogun to play using the same rule that allowed Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo to play under similar circumstances.But, obviously, because Trump was involved, the usual suspects were not happy about it, and Rapinoe argued on her podcast, "A Touch More: The Beautiful Game," that the distraction doomed the team.By the way, the bookshelf behind her featured pretty much exactly what you'd expect.Megan Rapinoe said that the situation surrounding President Trump contacting FIFA to overturn a red card suspension on star Folarin Balogun was a distraction for the team.
(Photo by Joe Scarnici - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)"I think the distraction got to the team for sure in some type of way.Whether it was, you know, this red card situation, whether it was being in a public discourse with this president, all of the, you know, shenanigans and chaos that comes with the feelings on both sides of that.
Whether you agree with it or not it's, it's just like it's a lot to contend with," Rapinoe said.Well, that's certainly a take.Rapinoe — who knows a thing or two about off-field distractions — argued the problem was that the U.S.doesn't have enough players willing to create off-field distractions by yammering about politics, as she has often done herself.LANDON DONOVAN RECALLS LIFE-CHANGING WORLD CUP MOMENT AMID PLAYERS' 'RESPONSIBILITY' OF GROWING GAME IN USA"So, not only does ...