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.
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I remember when these stoopids had the support of everyone.
Now after their acts of spoiled brats I wouldn’t walk across the street to see them play.
Screw them, Lose bitches.
“We got our ass kicked a bit,” Megan Rapinoe said afterward.
You deserve much more, you unAmerican piece of sh*t....
Life imitates art (or sport). Most 20-something white females are lost and confused these days also.
We all cheered when the beautiful Swedish women skunked the unamerican dykes.
***Superspreaders?***
Now that was uncalled for. Grosss.
Sucky grammar in the headline, though I like the plot.
We should get a team to represent the USA.
I’m not watching... Not watching Hollywood ‘award shows’ either.. These folks get a stage and they poop their hatred for our country it.
Not interested...
Thanks but no thanks...
Good point! In fact that’s one more against the USWNT... make that score 4-0.
I hope they lose every game.
They are supposed to be representatives of the USA not asswipe detractors.
Disrespect of our flag which is the symbol of our country should be instant ejection from Olympics USA.
Need some trannies on the team.
Their minds are rotted by woke and now they are useless
So are they knocked out of the competition in the first round? Or are they still in it until they lose again?
It’s possible to game some match-up systems by taking a lose early if a first round loss doesn’t take you out of contention.
I’m not watching the Olympics, and I want the USA to win as many medals as we can. But when we as a society worry too much about appearances of virtue and less about productivity and excellence, then we are already way over the hump and sliding down the backside. Keep your eye on the ball, people.
This is very true
Awesome... They got what they deserved.
😀🤣🤣
My empathy button for them is somehow broken
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