“We played a creative game”.
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“They played more attacking football than we did”. Nearly immediately, Sweden come down the other end and they beat Solo, but again the goal is called back for offsides. “The best team did not win today, I strongly, firmly believe that”.
“But we also played a bunch of cowards”. She had learned from that loss, from trying to play with a better team.
Sweden scored against the United States after 61 minutes when Stina Blackstenius ran on to a defense-splitting pass and calmly slotted the ball past US keeper Hope Solo.
The U.S. came out early with intent and in the 4th minute, they fired a warning signal, Carli Lloyd with a lovely pass that doesn’t quite reach the wings but comes out for a corner. They didn’t want to play great soccer, entertaining soccer.
“It was a combative game”. “They executed her game plan very well”, Ellis said.
Pia Sundhage, the coach of the Swedish team, used to be the head coach of the US team. “I think we showed a lot of heart”. But they won, they’re moving on.
The top-ranked Russians won their first four bouts and seven of nine, and top-ranked fencer Sofya Velikaya went undefeated as they nabbed their seventh overall medal in fencing so far. Christen Press missed the next shot for the United States, Lisa Dahlkvist converted for Sweden and, just like that, the United States was eliminated after winning the last three Olympic tournaments. The loss on penalty kicks ended the USA streak of three consecutive gold medals, and continued the no-gold jinx of reigning World Cup champions.
Hope Solo fails to stop a penalty against Sweden.
“We have always kept an open dialogue to communicate to her the importance of who she was and what she was doing and the possible impact she could have”, said Sharron Manuel, who with husband Marc raised three children outside of Houston.
“That’s the best team in the world”. She then made two errors as the U.S. drew with Colombia in their final group game of the tournament.
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Several athletes chose not to come to Brazil citing Zika scares and Solo posted pictures on social media wearing a mosquito mask over her face and carrying industrial quantities of repellent.
“We would just call for people to treat their opponents with the sort of sportsmanship we expect at the Olympic Games”.
Sweden coach Pia Sundhage, who led the USA to gold in 2008 and 2012, was dismissive of Solo’s outburst. But U.S. Soccer needed her to win last summer’s World Cup, and now it is paying the price for needing her again. Alex Morgan tied it up 16 minutes later.
Sweden’s Stina Blackstenius scored on a breakaway, firing a shot past Solo for a 1-0 lead in the 61th minute.
Each team had a goal disallowed in the extra-time period, one by Carli Lloyd for the United States and another by Lotta Schelin for Sweden.
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“We had that style of play when Pia was our coach”, Solo expanded, per Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated.
