US ambassador to Armenia John Heffern responded to Ruben Hayrapetyan’s announcement. The ambassador twitted:
“US law on equal funding for girl+boy sports huge boost to female athletes. major reason US women Do so well in Olympics + intl tourneys.
When US women won football World Cup in 1991 and 1999 it was source of great national pride.
Wanna join debate on girl soccer players. Our 4 daughters (+1 son) all played football in US. important part of their development”.
