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United States looked lost and confused in Olympic opener as Sweden end its unbeaten run
ESPN ^ | 7/21/2021 | Caitlin Murray

Posted on 07/21/2021 1:04:23 PM PDT by marcusmaximus

There was a moment early in the first half of the United States women's national team's opening match of its Olympic campaign when midfielder Rose Lavelle, dribbling into Sweden's half with the ball at her feet, looked around furiously and put her hands out, as if she was lost. Even without being able to hear what she said in Tokyo's cavernous Ajinomoto Stadium, it's easy to imagine it was something along the lines of, "Where is everyone?"

That, in a nutshell, was how the USWNT began its 2020 Olympics, looking confused in a 3-0 loss to open Group G.

The defeat was notable, first, because the team rarely loses. It came into Wednesday's match unbeaten in its previous 44, with 40 of them wins. Its last loss was in January 2019, at a friendly in France.

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the defeat was also notable because of just how bad the loss was. Confused expressions abound as players, including Lavelle, looked for an open American to pass the ball to but couldn't find anyone. As Sweden swarmed, pressing and bossing the midfield, the Americans looked rattled and gave the ball away too cheaply.

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"We got our ass kicked a bit," Megan Rapinoe said afterward.

(Excerpt) Read more at espn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: broke; choke; getwokegobroke; woke
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Woke choke. Soccer isn't a real sport anyway, but this is funny.
1 posted on 07/21/2021 1:04:23 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Gee, they didnt look “Lost and confused” when they were kneeling..so yeah, karma’s a well, ya know


2 posted on 07/21/2021 1:05:19 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Related:

US women’s soccer team, other squads kneel in protest before Olympics matches

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-womens-soccer-team-kneel-protest-olympics-matches


3 posted on 07/21/2021 1:05:23 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Dykes taking a knee, disrespecting the Nation they’re representing. Karma, baby.


4 posted on 07/21/2021 1:06:48 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Even without being able to hear what she said in Tokyo's cavernous Ajinomoto Stadium, it's easy to imagine it was something along the lines of, "Where is everyone?"

Didn't get the message? There was a carpet munching party.

5 posted on 07/21/2021 1:06:53 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Scas the Senate )
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Glad they lost and hope they lose every game.


6 posted on 07/21/2021 1:07:14 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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Karma’s a real biotch...


7 posted on 07/21/2021 1:07:39 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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“Rose Lavelle, dribbling into Sweden’s half with the ball at her feet...”

She’d qualify for Pres or VP nowadays...


8 posted on 07/21/2021 1:07:53 PM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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9 posted on 07/21/2021 1:10:58 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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omg, sometimes, people tell dirty jokes here.......


10 posted on 07/21/2021 1:11:24 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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The Swedes genuflected as well to the false god of Communism. Who cares about the Olympics? I would just as soon see Japan shutting down this display of political correctness due to COVID-19, or whatever.


11 posted on 07/21/2021 1:11:26 PM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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Karma’s a bitch.. just like the kneeling dykes.


12 posted on 07/21/2021 1:12:08 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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Woke choke = broke. Ha ha happy now Subway, from one perverter to another.


13 posted on 07/21/2021 1:12:09 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
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Their dykes beat our dykes.


14 posted on 07/21/2021 1:12:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Superspreaders?


15 posted on 07/21/2021 1:13:39 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Whatever happened to “Politics stops at water’s edge”

I never thought I would root against a US Olympic Team, but I cannot support a team that denounces the United States on foreign soil.


16 posted on 07/21/2021 1:14:16 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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Not hard to understand when the nation they are supposed to represent despises them.


17 posted on 07/21/2021 1:14:28 PM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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it is funny too see a bunch of American hating lesbos lose like this. They weren’t representing the US, they were representing BLM and maybe the CCP. They need to go cry to them.


18 posted on 07/21/2021 1:15:43 PM PDT by Baladas
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I’m fairly certain actually playing soccer hasn’t been the point of the US Women’s Soccer Team for quite some time.


19 posted on 07/21/2021 1:16:11 PM PDT by servo1969
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DELIGHTED they lost. Hope they lose all their games and they can go away mad.


20 posted on 07/21/2021 1:17:38 PM PDT by jocon307 (Dem party delenda est!)
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