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The four Torrent players who won Olympic gold for Team USA were welcomed back, but the event could not avoid the recent controversy with President Trump.

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Rapinoe addressed the controversy in her congratulatory speech: “You know I’m not going to let (that phone call) slide, obviously. What was so clear to me about that phone call was that it had nothing to do with you and said nothing about you. The thing that I took (away) was immediately, I was like, ‘Oh, I know how I feel about (the men’s team), though.’

“I think everybody who saw that clip or who watched that moment said, ‘Hell, no.’ You might not be for everybody, whatever, but you are for us. You are ours here in Seattle, (and) you are ours here in America. Thank you for just this incredible moment that you gave us that will be memories for the rest of our lives.”

She added later: “You are a champion now, and nobody can say [expletive] about that.”

I love Pinoe. Go off, queen.