Obama Honors U.S. Women's Soccer Team: 'Playing Like a Girl Means You're a Badass'
LatestThe World Cup-winning U.S.women’s national soccer team was honored in a ceremony today at the White House. The ceremony was chummy, and the President was at his most compelling. “This team taught all of America’s children that ‘playing like a girl’ means you’re a badass,” he said.
The women’s team, who beat Japan in July to win FIFA’s 2015 World Cup, presented the President with his own jersey. In turn, he waxed poetic about their World Cup performance, singling out the play of midfielder Carli Lloyd. “Carli’s performance was so good that by the time the game was over, someone had changed her title on Wikipedia from midfielder to president of the United States. Which, by the way, the job is about to open up,” Obama joked.