The U.S. women’s soccer team knows how to get Twitter fired up. Megan Rapinoe’s two-goal game against France had fans trying to make her the next big meme. In Tuesday’s game against England, it was Alex Morgan’s turn.
After scoring a goal to put the U.S. team up 2-1, Morgan decided to celebrate by sipping some tea.
It looked a little like this.
Yahoo Soccer✔@FCYahoo
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Not surprisingly, that celebration was divisive. Turns out, people rooting for the United States were on board.
Meghan Montemurro✔@M_Montemurro
Here for Alex Morgan’s sipping tea celebration
Franklin Leonard✔@franklinleonard
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX MORGAN YOU’RE THIRTY YEARS OLD NOW AND YOU HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO PETTY GOAL CELEBRATIONS LIKE DRINKING TEA BECAUSE YOU’RE PLAYING ENGLAND
gifdsports@gifdsportsAlex Morgan trolling the Brits…drinking tea with her pinky up….GOAT. <3
Some were actually upset about it.
beIN SPORTS✔@beINSPORTS
@liannesanderson calls Alex Morgan’s tea sipping celebration “distasteful.”
Live now on HD11#beINWWC #beINSPIRED19 #ENGUSA #FIFAWWC
Piers Morgan✔@piersmorgan
Come on @Lionesses – make these cocky yanks choke on it.
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Others decided to have fun with it.
Twins That Travel@TwinsThatTravel
The British after Alex Morgan made that cuppa tea gesture #ENGUSA #Lionesses
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929ESPN✔@929espn
BREAKING NEWS: @alexmorgan13 is now the Queen of England after sipping tea as a celebration.
BUM CHILLUPS@edsbsy’all only have one queen and we put eleven on the field at a time, shame about that
Thanks to Morgan, and a clutch save by Alyssa Naeher, the U.S. went on to win the game 2-1.
With the win, the U.S. women’s team advances to the final. They’ll take on the winner of Netherlands vs. Sweden, where they’ll hopefully get to show off at least one more epic goal celebration.
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Chris Cwik is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at christophercwik@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik
