USWNT has most Black Girl Magic it’s ever had in the World Cup
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By DERON SNYDER (as published by theGrio)
In case you missed it, the Women’s World Cup begins Thursday in Australia and New Zealand, and the U.S. hopes to win its third consecutive title. Our national team has been good for a minute, but it’s never looked better.
The program has come a long way since the 2019 World Cup, when one headline pointed out the obvious and asked a simple question: “Why is the U.S. Women’s World Cup roster so white?” And that squad wasn’t nearly as pale as the 2011 version, which featured just one Black player and one Latina player.
This year’s team has a lot more swirl.
A record-high seven Black women are on the 23-player roster. There are two Mexican Americans, the second- and third-ever to make a U.S. women’s World Cup team. One multicultural teenager is a true American, with a background that embodies diversity while part of the country bans it.
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