U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Take the 2023 ESPY Awards Stage to Receive Arthur Ashe Award for Courage
13.07.2023 - 03:19
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The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team was celebrated at the 2023 ESPYs for their contributions to women’s sports — and for fighting for equal pay.
Briana Scurry, Christen Press and more of the team’s members — both past and present — took to the ESPYs stage on Wednesday, July 12, to accept this year’s Arthur Ashe Award for Courage.
“What we’ve been able to do is truly amazing,” Scurry, a U.S. women’s goalkeeper who was part of the 1996 strike for equal pay during the Olympics, said while accepting the award on behalf of the team. “There have been 252 women who have worn the shirt of the U.S. national team since its inception. And we are accepting this award on behalf of every single one of them.”
Press, meanwhile — who played for the women’s national team when they were finally awarded equal pay in 2022 — continued the acceptance speech by sharing the team’s hopes for the future.
“This is a tremendously exciting time of our team and sports as large. As anyone who has been there for us and our journey toward equality, knows our fight is not over,” she shared. “We’ve been proud to carry [the torch of equality] forward and we are looking to create thousands of touches. Millions.”
She continued: “This is a time where we must stand in support of civil and human rights in the name of a more just and anti-racist world. To find ways to support our trans siblings, to advocate for respect and kindness in ways that we engage with each other. We are proud to accept this award on behalf of every person who won’t give up fighting for a better world.”
Named in honor of tennis player Arthur Ashe, the award recognizes outstanding athletes for “possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the
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