USWNT's Lynn Williams laments Auckland shooting, says US has 'dealt with this far too many times'

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Two members of the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) reacted to the Auckland shooting that took the lives of two people on Thursday as the Women’s World Cup gets underway in New Zealand and Australia. 

Police say a 24-year-old armed man entered a construction site in Auckland at around 7:30 a.m. local time on Thursday. The suspect opened fire in a building, killing two people and injuring five more, including one officer who was injured during crossfire. 

Police officers cordon off an area near the site of a shooting on July 20, 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand. Three people, including the gunman, were dead, and six others were injured, following a shooting in Auckland as the city prepares for the opening match of the Women's World Cup.  (Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

With the U.S. team scheduled to play Vietnam on Friday in their opening match of group play, USWNT forward Lynn Williams and defender Crystal Dunn expressed their condolences for the lives lost while trying to focus on the task at hand. 

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"There wasn’t really a conversation had," Williams said when asked whether the team had discussed being able to focus on what's ahead for the team following the shooting. "Unfortunately, I feel like in the U.S. we’ve dealt with this far too many times. But there was definitely a sense of like, ‘Let’s come together. We still have a job to do.’ But also recognizing that there was lives lost, and that is very real and very devastating." 

"We were just thankful that we were safe. That the first responders came, and