The U.S. women’s soccer team is out of the Olympics after losing to Sweden 4-3 on penalty kicks:
Dahlkvist scores.
FINAL: #USA 1 (3), #SWE 1 (4). Sweden advances to its first semifinal in Olympic history.
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) August 12, 2016
U.S. goalie Hope Solo didn’t take the loss very well, calling the Swedish team “cowards” in the post-game interview:
#USA's Hope Solo rants 'we lost to a bunch of cowards' after ousted by #SWE at #Rio2016 https://t.co/it94gecBLq pic.twitter.com/bsN72RI869
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) August 12, 2016
Full quote:
Full Hope Solo quote on Sweden after US was eliminated from the Olympics today. pic.twitter.com/UZVCAeur6m
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 12, 2016
Cowards? The only reason it was tied was because of this lucky goal by Alex Morgan off of a Swedish player’s face with about 13 minutes left to go in the game:
https://twitter.com/MSchwerha/status/764154209612816384
Hope later tweeted that “losing sucks” and she’s really bad at it:
This was the full context of my comments today. Thank you @GrantWahl. Losing sucks. I'm really bad at it. https://t.co/s5Mckg8o6B
— Hope Solo (@hopesolo) August 12, 2016
Just heard from Hope Solo. Here's what she had to say. pic.twitter.com/qnWgRirUjE
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) August 12, 2016
Now compare Hope’s response to that of teammate Alex Morgan:
Heartbroken for the team+staff, for our fans, for my family. Today's loss will make winning that much sweeter. Learn, grow, and never forget
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) August 12, 2016
Sweden’s coach did have a good comeback, though:
https://twitter.com/SInow/status/764210594186657793
Burn.
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