When the U.S. faced England on the football pitch earlier this week, the outcome was perhaps unsurprising: The U.S. was on its way to the women’s World Cup finals — and the English on their way home.
What was arguably more stunning, however, was the reaction to star U.S. striker Alex Morgan’s tea-drinking pantomime in celebrating the go-ahead goal in American’s 2-1 victory against England.
Some English fans viewed this sip-heard-around-the-world as distasteful, while others were merely shocked at the display of arrogance on the game’s grandest stage. Many U.S. fans lauded the move as brilliant,…
