Why Sports Shouldn’t Be Political: Kayleigh McEnany Reacts to US Men's Soccer Collapse
Brian Kilmeade Show
FOX News Podcasts
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🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Kelly McInane is from a base, more of a baseball family. |
| 0:02.7 | But she's always in combat, especially when you were a press secretary, verbal combat. Yes, verbal combat. And you said that the same, you look at it in the positive. Yes. You say, hey, they're well represented, very patriotic. They seem to really love the country. And that's a relief compared to what we've been dealing with with Megan Rapino and her other teammates that. Now, I wouldn't put Collie Lloyd in that spot because Colley Lloyd never bought into that. But teammates have done on the world stage in the past. Totally. Look, you're the soccer fan. You care about the sport, play by play. And that is fair. And you want to win. And we as Americans want to win. I'm watching this for more of a cultural, political standpoint. And I don't think sports should be political. Megan Rapino made them political. But this team stood for the anthem. They talked about their fate. They were a great representation of America up until the end where Brian, look, in fairness, I didn't watch the game. But I have heard from more than just you that it was not the best showing for the U.S. |
| 0:56.3 | a day. |
| 0:56.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.0 | And I think more people will tell you that, Kaley. By the time you get to our number today, I think you will change your two. Okay. But I don't care about, you're going to, I know this sounds un-American. If you give your best, you leave it on the field, you hit a post, you lose two. |
| 1:12.3 | I get it. |
| 1:13.1 | Sometimes you give your role and you leave it on the field, you hit a post, you'll lose two. |
| 1:12.3 | I get it. Sometimes you give your own, you lose by three goals. And I go, look, the other team was better. You let us know you were better than these guys. And then you let us know you're not going to beat these guys because you didn't show up. The only thing I care about in life is effort. Yeah. That's all I care about. |
| 1:27.5 | And the other stuff, you know, you build skill along the way, |
| 1:30.0 | and whatever you do, what we're doing, The only thing I care about in life is effort. That's all I care about. |
| 1:44.1 | And the other stuff, you know, you build skill along the way, and whatever you do, what we're doing now. But if you give it all and sometimes you have a bad show, it happens. But if you don't prepare for that show, that's on you. And so I'm not going to say, well, you had a bad day. You didn't prepare for your show. Well, I didn't really have the good questions. |
| 1:44.8 | Well, why didn't you? |
| 1:46.0 | Well, I didn't prepare for the show. |
| 1:47.8 | I'm not going to make excuse for you. You blew it. But if you prepare for the show and sometimes you don't feel like, sometimes you don't feel great. And you go, I didn't do a good job on that show. But I tried. Let me figure out what I did wrong, but you can't say you didn't put the effort in. You put the effort into everything. |
| 2:01.6 | You're the most well-researched person I've ever seen. |
| 2:04.0 | Even when you were in the press. Let me figure out what I did wrong, but you can't say you didn't put the effort in. You put the effort into everything. |
| 2:01.6 | You're the most well-researched person I've ever seen. Even when you were in the press secretary, when you were on CNN as a pundit, you were ready for nine arguments. Everybody was against you. It's good training for Trump land. Indeed. So no one ever questions your effort. That's the only thing. That's why I put winning and losing below effort. |
| 2:19.5 | Yes, my dad has a quote,. That's the only thing. That's why I put winning and losing below effort. |
| 2:19.5 | Yes, my dad has a quote, and it's a great one. |
| 2:21.7 | It's from a high school basketball coach. |
| 2:23.1 | I don't know his name. |
| 2:23.6 | Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. |
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