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United States women's national team interim manager Twila Kilgore has named a 26-player roster ahead of a pair of December friendlies against China, one that omits several USWNT mainstays, including Alex Morgan, and includes 11 players with fewer than 10 caps.
And so we arrive at the quarter-final stage, with the all-European clash of Spain and the Netherlands getting things under way, followed by in-form Japan taking on Sweden, who eliminated the holders USA.
Netherlands' forward Lineth Beerensteyn had a blunt reaction when she first heard that the United States had been bundled out of the World Cup: «Yes, bye.»
Sweden's Lina Hurtig might immortalise her shootout-winning penalty against the United States with a tattoo, but only if her country wins the World Cup, she told reporters in Auckland on Tuesday (Aug 8) as the team prepared for their quarter-final with Japan.
MELBOURNE, Australia — The reign of the U.S. women's national team as Women's World Cup champions is officially over, as a millimeter was all that separated a Lina Hurtig penalty shootout tally for Sweden from an Alyssa Naeher save. You have to go back 12 years, when Japan defeated the U.S. in the 2011 Women's World Cup final, to find the last time the U.S. was eliminated from a World Cup. This time, it marked the earliest exit from a World Cup in the program's history.
MELBOURNE: The US’ long reign as Women’s World Cup holders was brought to an end in the most dramatic fashion as they were dumped out on penalties by Sweden, who joined the Netherlands in reaching the quarterfinals on Sunday.
MELBOURNE: Sweden beat the United States 5-4 on penalties to knock the defending champions out of the Women's World Cup after the teams were locked at 0-0 at the end of extra time on Sunday (Aug 6).
Sweden knocked out holders USA after VAR intervened in a chaotic penalty shoot-out that ultimately settled their last-16 tie at the Women's World Cup.