U.S. Women’s National Team Eliminated From 2023 World Cup After “Cruel” Penalty Shootout – E! Online

This is not the objective the U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Group had in thoughts.

After a tie recreation on the 2023 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup in New Zealand, the two-time defending U.S. crew misplaced to Sweden in penalty kicks August 6. Although goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher thought she saved the ultimate penalty—scored by Sweden’s Lina Hurtig—the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) confirmed the ball had certainly inched over the road, formally bringing the crew’s three-peat dream to an finish.

“I am simply devastated,” Alex Morgan—who, alongside her teammates, helped rating equal pay for the USWNT final 12 months—said after the loss. “It seems like a foul dream.”

Certainly, they all hope to get up to a unique end result. “We entertained, we created possibilities, we did not rating and that is a part of the sport,” co-captain Lindsey Horan stated, per CNN. “Penalties, to be frank, they suck, they’re too merciless. I am pleased with each participant that stepped as much as take a penalty immediately, rating or miss, it is brave to go take a penalty.”