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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Good riddance to the Womb Lickers.
The almighty has a glorious sense of humor.
and he is a good shot with a lightning bolt last week too
The Swedes just waved some American flags at the US goalie and she went to her knees and looked away.
You sound hopeful.
You got your ass kicked a lot, hoe.
By Sweden.
They need is some biological men on the team.
“We all cheered when the beautiful Swedish women skunked the unamerican dykes.”
Except one or two of the Swedish players look like blond men. Not sure if they really are or not, but they sure give that impression.
Hard to concentrate when you’re too filled with yourself and your new woke stardom.
I will have to go back and look at the team photo. In any case, the kneelers lost. A win for America.
These America hating Bulls couldn’t even beat a Dallas JV boys soccer team .
Hope these lesbos get crushed .
How ironic..the commie left is such a big fan of Sweden, and they got their a@@ kicked by them
Never thought I would cheering the loss for an American team....
They were overly concerned about passing and sharing the ball fairly.
why would I watch a bunch of communist pigs play anything!!!
Ditto.
Well, the left is getting what they want. The USA is off it’s game literally and figuratively.
The marxists have thrown enough BS to disrupt just about everything.
Is losing a virtue?
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