The U.S. women’s team lost to Sweden and former coach Pia Sundhage in the Olympic quarterfinals, marking the team’s worst ever tournament finish and the first time they have failed to medal at the Olympics. After losing the decisive shootout 4-3 on unlikely misses from Alex Morgan and Christen Press, goalkeeper Hope Solo decided the best course of action was to insult Sweden by calling them cowards.
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Brazilian fans boo, shout “Zika” at Hope Solo during U.S. Olympic opener
The U.S. women’s team opened their Olympic campaign with a 2-0 win against New Zealand that gave the locals a chance to voice their displeasure with Hope Solo.
Fox attributes Copa America yellow card to U.S. women’s team keeper
@BrooksDT @MenInBlazers even FS1 doesnt want to see Wondo playing pic.twitter.com/gGCWhDRby9
— Lou Dilonardo (@ndloud50) June 22, 2016
Things went very bad very fast for the U.S. in their Copa America semifinal against Argentina. They conceded a goal within the first five minutes and looked completely bewildered from then on — a state that apparently extended to broadcaster Fox, who attributed a yellow card for Chris Wondolowski to U.S. women’s team backup goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris.
Alex Morgan demonstrates effortless brilliance with goal against Germany
The United States beat Germany 2-1 in the SheBelieves Cup final and Alex Morgan scored a goal that was definitely worthy of medal.
Watch this Christen Press goal on a loop and live a happy life
The U.S. women’s team opened their Olympic qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win against Costa Rica and demonstrated that winning the World Cup last summer has only made them stronger.
U.S. women lose at home for first time since 2004 in Abby Wambach’s last game
What was supposed to be a joyous celebration of Abby Wambach’s legendary career proved historic for a second reason as the U.S. lost 1-0 to China at home. This loss ended the World Cup winners’ 24-match unbeaten streak overall and astonishing 104-match unbeaten streak at home. Their last home loss was in November 2004 to Denmark, just three years after Wambach made her international debut.
U.S. players present Taylor Swift with the Women’s World Cup trophy during concert
The 2015 Women’s World Cup winning U.S. team became the first all-female squad to be honored with a ticker-tape parade through New York City’s Canyon of Heroes on Friday morning (though individual female athletes have been celebrated this way before). And on Friday night, they brought the trophy on stage during a Taylor Swift concert in New Jersey, so the singer could hold it aloft, finally achieving what we can only assume was her plan all along and fulfilling her lifelong goal.
Japanese fans reacting to Carli Lloyd going Super Saiyan in the Women’s World Cup final
Carli Lloyd made history with the greatest World Cup final performance of all time, completing a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of the United States’ 5-2 win against Japan. And doing it with a goal scored from the halfway line just to prove that real life is just a game of FIFA 15 against someone’s grandpa for her.
For the Japanese fans on the receiving end of Lloyd’s wrath, it was not a pleasant experience. Here now are some of their reactions to the heavy defeat…
Carli Lloyd completes hat trick in Women’s World Cup final with shot from the halfway line IN THE 16TH MINUTE
You know how cup finals are usually tightly contested affairs that take time to develop and can be decided by the slimmest of margins? That did not happen in the 2015 Women’s World Cup final. When the U.S. spoke about getting revenge against the team that beat them on penalties in the 2011 final, it turns out they weren’t kidding.
Conspiracy Theory: The USA’s masterplan for ultimate Women’s World Cup success
-Get tournament in Canada, which is close enough for a large number of U.S. fans to attend, but without potential for accusations of host nation bias. (The only other bid came from Zimbabwe, who mysteriously withdrew a few months after the bid deadline.)
-Start indicting FIFA officials shortly before the start of the tournament to scare Jerome Valcke and Sepp Blatter away from attending. (Because having those scuzzbags around would just make everything 20% less enjoyable.)