The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association issued a statement Tuesday in support of LGBTQ rights in the wake of a controversy over midfielder Korbin Albert’s social media posts.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association issued a statement Tuesday in support of LGBTQ rights in the wake of a controversy over midfielder Korbin Albert’s social media posts. The 20-year-old Albert apologized last month for sharing anti-LGBTQ content on her TikTok account. The Paris Saint-Germain player wrote “liking and sharing posts that are offensive, insensitive and hurtful was immature and disrespectful which was never my intent.” The USWNTPA’s statement came in the hours before Albert appeared as a substitute for the national team in the SheBelieves...