The other American women's team at World Cup

[Jilly_in_VA]

One of the shocks of the women's World Cup was Philippines beating co-hosts New Zealand this week. It was a victory forged thousands of miles away, where most of the triumphant team were born.

Sarina Bolden, who made history by scoring her nation's first World Cup goal, waved her country's flag and spoke in Filipino as she dedicated her team's win to her compatriots.

"Para sa bayan," which means "for our country", she told a Filipino news crew after the match in Wellington.

Hearing screams of "Pilipinas" from the crowd will live with me forever, she added.

"I'm just so happy we were able to get this win for you all. People back home in the Philippines, I hope you guys are happy and proud of us. We did this for you guys and to Filipinos globally, around the world, thank you so much for your support. "

Like many of her team mates, Bolden was born in the US. She grew up in California and although her talents caught the eye of the US national youth team system she ended up playing for the country of her mother.

The US flavour of the team did nothing to dilute the joy felt by football fans watching Bolden score her historic goal on a giant screen in one of Manila's swankiest shopping malls.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66330501

Apparently the BBC reporter does not know that the Philippine language is Tagalog.

[underpants]

1. The reporter also never gave a number. It's 18 of the 23 players.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/24/we-share-blood-the-us-born-players-leading-the-philippines-world-cup-charge

[Celerity]

2. Tagalog is the first language for 25% of Filipinos. It's standardised form, called Filipino, is the

national language.

Apparently the BBC reporter does not know that the Philippine language is Tagalog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagalog_language

Tagalog (/təˈɡɑːlɒɡ/, tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national language of the Philippines, and is one of two official languages, alongside English.

Tagalog is closely related to other Philippine languages, such as the Bikol languages, the Bisayan languages, Ilocano, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan, and more distantly to other Austronesian languages, such as the Formosan languages of Taiwan, Indonesian, Malay, Hawaiian, Māori, Malagasy, and many more.