The United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) issued a statement Tuesday in support of LGBTQIA+ rights in the wake of a controversy over midfielder Korbin Albert‘s social media posts.

The 20-year-old Albert apologized last month for sharing anti-LGBTQIA+ content on her TikTok account. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder wrote “liking and sharing posts that are offensive, insensitive and hurtful was immature and disrespectful which was never my intent.” Read More