U.S. girls’s nationwide soccer workforce loses to Canada in Tokyo Olympics semifinal
Tokyo — In a shocking upset, Canada defeated the U.S. girls’s nationwide soccer workforce 1-0 within the Tokyo Olympics semifinal on Monday. USWNT can nonetheless win bronze in the event that they win their subsequent recreation.
Canada, ranked no. 8 on the planet, scored a purpose within the 74th minute following a penalty by the USWNT. Jessie Fleming of Canada hit internet, in the end deciding the semifinal match and serving to the workforce beat the U.S. for the primary time since 2001.
USWNT’s beginning goalie, Alyssa Naeher, suffered an obvious harm within the first half after colliding with defender Julie Ertz. Her alternative, Adriana Franch performed the remainder of the sport.
USWNT star Megan Rapinoe informed NBC Olympics that the workforce did not “have that juice that we usually do.”
“We did not anticipate it to be simple,” she mentioned. “It is all one of the best groups on the planet and all the pieces’s on the road. We could not unlock it.”
USWNT entered the Olympic match because the top-ranked workforce on the planet. Nonetheless, they started their bid for gold with an opening loss to Sweden, which ended their 44-game unbeaten streak, they usually confronted stiff competitors all through, together with a win over reigning European champion, the Netherlands. They now await the loser of the Australia-Sweden match to play for bronze.
The USA has 4 Olympic gold medals, greater than another nation. The workforce was vying to change into the primary to win Olympic gold following a World Cup title.
Following the loss, USWNT followers expressed shocked on Twitter.
Canada’s win additionally secures a historic first. Quinn, a midfielder on the workforce, will now be the primary trans athlete to win an Olympic medal since Canada can not less than win silver.
