Posted on 07/21/2021 10:29:57 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
The United States women's soccer team was just trounced by Sweden at the Olympics — and forward Megan Rapinoe is acknowledging, "We got our asses kicked."
Sweden scored a stunning 3-0 victory over the United States in women's soccer at the Olympics on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. It was an upset after the U.S. had been the favorites to win gold, the AP notes, while Sweden was ranked No. 5. The loss came after Sweden previously defeated the U.S. in the quarterfinals at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.
"We got our asses kicked, didn't we?" Rapinoe said after the game, per The New York Times. "I thought we were a little tight, a little nervous, just doing dumb stuff."
Rapinoe also told The Associated Press, "Did we expect this result tonight? No. It's frustrating, and it's frustrating that it's Sweden. They found a lot of space on us. I don't even know how many goals we have given up this whole year. I don't remember the last time we gave up a goal. So to give up three is not great."
This ended the U.S. women's soccer team's 44-game unbeaten streak, The Washington Post notes. It was the team's first defeat since a loss to France in January 2019, as well as the first under coach Vlatko Andonovski, The New York Times reports. Former player Julie Foudy observed that the U.S. team's performance was "about as sloppy and lethargic as I have seen from the United States in a very long time,"
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Hey! Maybe we should put a team mural up on a wall in Minnesota!
Holy crap - I think the uniforms may have contributed to the loss
Olympic soccer lasts so long that they nearly always get started before the opening ceremony.
Prelims...................
Should have left Trump in as POTUS. TDS would have driven them to play better. /s
Under normal circumstances, I simply wouldn’t care about the US women’s soccer team. Under these circumstances, where they consist of left-wing harridans who genuflect to BLM, I actively cheer for whatever team plays against them. The hell with them - they do not represent me.
Well, they wanted to be equal to the Men’s Soccer team.............
Its hard not to root against people like this.
Hopefully there will be no podium for these ingrates.
The soccer schedule (round robins), required they start two days early to accommodate all the games
They got licked by their opponents.
You would think if she likes subway she could tell if it was real tuna
you misspelled wombs
They did not represent this country. They represented themselves and proved to be a bunch of losers.
“I think the uniforms may have contributed to the loss”
The uniforms were designed to define the players......confused
ewwww
Ha. Did not think of using that word.
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