evidence: "Earlier today members of the US Women’s Soccer team turned their backs on the flag as a 98-year-old WWII veteran played the anthem," one Facebook post said hours before it was deleted. "Disgraceful behaviour from some members of the US womens' soccer team as they turn their backs while 98-year-old World War II veteran Pete DuPré played the National Anthem on his harmonica," reads a popular tweet by the Post Millennial, a conservative Canadian online news magazine. [...] "To be clear, no one turned their back on WWII Veteran Pete DuPré during tonight's anthem," the tweet said. "Some USWNT players were simply looking at the flag on a pole in one end of the stadium. The players all love Pete, thanked him individually after the game and signed a ball for him." Midfielder Carli Lloyd also addressed the claim on Twitter, writing, "we turned because we faced the flag."