{"id":1987554,"date":"2023-08-01T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-the-result-we-wanted-us-women-fail-to-win-in-2nd-consecutive-game-capping-teams-worst-world-cup-group-stage-ever\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T13:38:27","slug":"not-the-result-we-wanted-us-women-fail-to-win-in-2nd-consecutive-game-capping-teams-worst-world-cup-group-stage-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-the-result-we-wanted-us-women-fail-to-win-in-2nd-consecutive-game-capping-teams-worst-world-cup-group-stage-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"US women&#8217;s team disappoints with second consecutive loss, marking their worst World Cup group stage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-the-result-we-wanted-us-women-fail-to-win-in-2nd-consecutive-game-capping-teams-worst-world-cup-group-stage-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987554&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The United States Women&#8217;s Soccer Team Survives Close Call in Women&#8217;s\u200c World Cup<\/h2>\n<p>The two-time reigning champion United States women\u2019s <a title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\">soccer team<\/a> came an inch short of Women\u2019s World Cup elimination, but\u2063 Portugal\u2019s late \u200bnear-miss helped the Americans avoid\u2062 the biggest upset in tournament history.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans slipped through to the \u200cknockout \u2062round Tuesday despite a listless, uninspiring 0-0 draw \u200cagainst Portugal. The\u2064 U.S. won\u2064 only one \u200bgame in <a title=\"Team USA basketball Wins Fourth Consecutive Olympic Gold Medal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-usa-basketball-wins-fourth-consecutive-olympic-gold-medal\/\">group play<\/a> for the first time\u200d in tournament history, and scored just \u200bfour goals \u2063over\u200b three games.<\/p>\n<p>In a hold-your-breath moment, the Americans came an inch away from elimination when a Portuguese player\u200c nearly scored in stoppage \u200ctime. \u2062Her shot hit the left post.<\/p>\n<p>The tie was just enough to ensure \u200cthe Americans advanced to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/womens-world-cup-schedule-favorites-e8c1f23647768ddd41238c9c61efc3e3\">the <\/a><a title=\"Race For Next UK Prime Minister Down to 4 Candidates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/race-for-next-uk-prime-minister-down-to-4-candidates\/\">knockout round<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/womens-world-cup-schedule-favorites-e8c1f23647768ddd41238c9c61efc3e3\">.<\/a> The U.S. looked shaky \u200dat best in a game they were expected to win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s not \u2063the result we wanted, but we \u2062move forward,\u201d<\/strong> forward Alex Morgan said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-unleashes-fury-us-womens-soccer-team-national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial American team<\/a>, the most successful ever at the women\u2019s World Cup with four titles, has never been eliminated in the <a title=\"Tennis-Djokovic ready to take on crowd and Norrie as Kyrgios awaits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-djokovic-ready-to-take-on-crowd-and-norrie-as-kyrgios-awaits\/\">group stage<\/a> at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Close Call and a Twist \u200dof Fate<\/h3>\n<p>The path\u200c for the Americans also hinged on the results \u200cof the Netherlands match against Vietnam. With <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/womens-world-cup-netherlands-vietnam-match-summary-5069b1328ff2eaa1a064af9da419880c\">a\u200b decisive \u200b7-0 victory<\/a>, the Netherlands bumped the United States from the top of Group E.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans move on as the second seed as Portugal, playing in its first World Cup, heads home. The\u2063 Portuguese sobbed on the field after the\u200b final\u200d whistle after \u200bhaving come so close to upsetting the mighty Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Williams had a chance\u2063 on a header in the 14th\u200b minute \u2063but\u200b Portugal\u2063 goalkeeper Ines \u200cPereira smothered\u2063 it. While the \u200dU.S. controlled possession \u200band had the better chances, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-womens-soccer-team-trash-talks-club-retirees-ends-losing-12-0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could not finish<\/a> and\u200c the game was scoreless at the\u2062 break.<\/p>\n<p>Rose Lavelle picked up a yellow card in\u200c the 38th minute, her second of the group stage, and she won\u2019t\u200c be available for the team\u2019s round of 16 match.<\/p>\n<p>The frustration of the \u200dU.S. fans at Eden Park was evident at\u2064 the break, when there were scattered boos among the \u2062crowd as the\u200b teams headed \u2064for \u200dthe tunnel. Early in \u2064the \u2062second half, a fire alarm \u200dwent off in the stadium.\u2064 It turned out \u2064to be a malfunctioning sprinkler.<\/p>\n<p>The United States had a free kick from a dangerous spot \u200cin the 57th minute, but Morgan\u2019s header popped up well \u200bover the \u2064goal. She put her \u200dhands to her face in exasperation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think\u200d we just need a little bit\u2063 of ruthlessness in front of the net,\u201d Lavelle said.\u200c \u201cI think we\u2019re getting the chances, but it\u2019s that\u2062 final bit of ruthlessness of just putting it away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-debate-consider-official-invite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megan Rapinoe<\/a> came in \u200bas a sub in the 61st minute, but the Golden Boot winner at the 2019 World Cup couldn\u2019t find that elusive goal.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski tweaked\u200d his starting lineup for the match and started forward \u2064Williams and midfielder Lavelle for the first\u2063 time at this World Cup. He had started Trinity Rodman at forward and Savannah DeMelo in the midfield for the team\u2019s first\u2064 two games.<\/p>\n<p>Lavelle \u2062boosted \u200dthe team when she \u2062came in at halftime against the Netherlands on Thursday in Wellington when a lackluster opening half sent the Americans into the break down 1-0 to the Dutch. Lavell\u2019s corner to Lindsey Horan gave the Americans a 1-1 draw\u2062 in\u200c the match.<\/p>\n<p>But the \u2062energy \u2064just wasn\u2019t there \u2063against Portugal and the Americans seemed lost and unorganized for \u200dmost of the\u2063 match. In a \u200bpost-game huddle, defender Kelley\u200b O\u2019Hara, one of the veterans, appeared angry as she shouted at her teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just told \u2064the team \u2018Listen, we did \u2062what we had\u200c to do, we\u2019re moving on, the group stage is done, this is over, it\u2019s in the\u2064 rearview, we have our next game in front of \u2064us\u200c and\u200c that\u2019s the only \u200cone that matters,\u2019\u201d O\u2019Hara said. \u200b\u201cMaybe we didn\u2019t do it the way we wanted to, or planned on doing it, but we\u2019re advancing and \u200cthis is the World Cup and \u2062that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States last lost in \u2062the \u2064group \u2062stage to Sweden at the\u200d 2011 World \u2064Cup, but the Americans still advanced to the final match before losing on penalties to champion Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans have not needed the third and <a title=\"US women's team disappoints with second consecutive loss, marking their worst World Cup group stage.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-the-result-we-wanted-us-women-fail-to-win-in-2nd-consecutive-game-capping-teams-worst-world-cup-group-stage-ever\/\">final group-stage \u2063match<\/a> to learn their tournament fate\u200b since 2007, when there was\u2062 only a slim chance for elimination. A loss to Portugal on Tuesday would have ended the Americans\u2019 \u200ctournament.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the match against Portugal, the United States sat atop Group E, even on points with \u2064the Netherlands but holding \u200can edge\u2063 on goal differential.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b United States had won all of the previous 10 matches against Portugal. The Portuguese\u2064 have never scored against the Americans.<\/p>\n<p>With\u200d its decisive victory over Vietnam,\u2062 the Netherlands heads to \u200bSydney \u200bto \u200dface the \u200csecond-place team from Group G, which\u2062 includes Sweden, South Africa, \u200cItaly and Argentina. The \u200dUnited \u2064States plays the group\u2019s top team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey \u200dmade it frustrating for us, and yeah, I think we\u2019re disappointed\u2064 with ourselves. But we \u200cmade it through, so we\u2019ve got to put \u200cour energy toward that,\u201d Lavelle said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western \u2064Journal has reviewed\u200d this Associated Press story and may \u2063have altered \u200cit prior to publication \u200cto ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-slips-round-16-womens-world-cup-scoreless-draw-portugal\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8216;Not the Result We Wanted&#8217;: US Women Fail to \u2063Win \u2064in 2nd\u2062 Consecutive Game, Capping \u200cTeam&#8217;s Worst World Cup Group\u2062 Stage Ever<\/a> appeared \u200dfirst on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western \u2063Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reigning champion US women&#8217;s soccer team narrowly escaped elimination in the Women&#8217;s World Cup. Portugal&#8217;s near-miss in the dying moments prevented the biggest upset in tournament history. Despite a lackluster 0-0 draw against Portugal, the Americans advanced to the knockout round. They managed to win just one game so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1987555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"US women&#8217;s team disappoints with second consecutive loss, marking their worst World Cup group stage.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"US women&#8217;s team disappoints with second consecutive loss, marking their worst World Cup group stage.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}