Korbin Albert clearly has some work to do when it comes to winning over her teammates on the U.S. women’s national team.
The 20-year-old midfielder was forced to apologize on Thursday after fans discovered that her TikTok account had either shared or reposted a host of anti-LGBTQ+ content.
In a separate but perhaps equally damaging discovery, Albert was also found to have liked a post that celebrated Megan Rapinoe’s injury in her final career game.
Rapinoe slammed Albert in a post on Instagram, which was quickly reshared by a number of current and former USWNT players including Alana Cook, Sam Mewis, Kristie Mewis and Lynn Williams.
Alex Morgan hasn’t yet commented directly on the controversy, but appears to have done so in an indirect way through an Instagram post from Togethxr — the company she co-founded with other sports stars Sue Bird, Chloe Kim, and Simone Manuel.
Some of the photos spotlighted the team’s fight for equal pay, its support for the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as its support for transgender rights.
It concluded: “That is the legacy of this team, past, present, and future.”
The USWNT will gather next week for the SheBelieves Cup. Both Morgan and Albert were named to the 23-player roster.
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