{"id":608755,"date":"2021-08-02T15:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608755"},"modified":"2021-08-02T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:06:42","slug":"rapinoe-gets-emotional-after-olympic-loss-bitter-one-to-swallow-dont-think-ive-ever-lost-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapinoe-gets-emotional-after-olympic-loss-bitter-one-to-swallow-dont-think-ive-ever-lost-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapinoe Gets Emotional After Olympic Loss: \u2018Bitter One To Swallow,\u2019 \u2018Don\u2019t Think I\u2019ve Ever Lost To Canada\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Frapinoe-gets-emotional-after-olympic-loss-bitter-one-to-swallow-dont-think-ive-ever-lost-to-canada%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=608755&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1331900610.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. women\u2019s soccer captain Megan Rapinoe was overcome with emotion after getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/upset-u-s-womens-soccer-loses-to-canada-ending-shot-at-gold\">knocked out<\/a> of gold medal contention at the Tokyo Olympics by Canada on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe called the 1-0 loss a \u201cbitter one to swallow\u201d and noted that she doesn\u2019t think Team USA has ever taken a loss to Canada since she\u2019s been on the team.<\/p>\n<p>The forward shed some tears talking about teammate Carli Lloyd and the prospect of never playing at another Olympics \u2014 Rapinoe is 36 years old and Lloyd is 39.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s terrible. We just didn\u2019t have it today,\u201d Rapinoe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/united-states-usaw\/story\/4444397\/uswnts-megan-rapinoe-olympic-semifinal-loss-bitter-to-swallow\">told<\/a>&nbsp;reporters after the game. \u201cJust too many errors from us again. I felt like the space was there for us to play and we just couldn\u2019t get into it, too many touches or, you know, an errant touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s football. They got, I think, one shot on goal, a PK (penalty kick), and from what it sounds like it was a PK. So yeah, it\u2019s a bitter one to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we never want to lose to Canada,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever lost to Canada.&nbsp;So it\u2019s a bitter one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Lloyd\u2019s visible disappointment following the loss, Rapinoe became emotional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we\u2019ve been in this a long time together,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re both closer to the end than at the beginning and we\u2019ve shared a lot of those happy moments on the field, and not that many sad, but we\u2019ve had a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough, one of the greatest players to ever pull this jersey on probably,\u201d Rapinoe said of Lloyd, noting that this might be her teammates\u2019 last Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanna send everybody out on the happiest note, and, ya know, we weren\u2019t able to do that tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, though, says she\u2019s looking ahead to the fight for bronze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously there\u2019s still a lot to compete for,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I told the girls and what we talked about in the huddle. It\u2019s not the color we want, but there\u2019s still a medal on the line. That\u2019s a huge thing and we want to win that game, but yeah, this is \u2026 this sucks. It sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team USA got off to a rocky start at the Tokyo Olympics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener\">losing<\/a> their opener to Sweden 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, before the game, all 22 players&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9809815\/US-Team-GB-womens-football-teams-knee-opening-Olympic-Games-matches.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline\">took a knee<\/a> in solidarity with the radical leftist group Black Lives Matter before the game, a major point of contention with U.S. fans.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/olympics-soccer-players-kneel-uswnt-090330888.html\">noted<\/a> by Yahoo! Sports, athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were given space to protest before games and events. Team USA knelt before their kickoff, just as players on Sweden\u2019s women\u2019s team did:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><em>The U.S. women\u2019s national team and other soccer teams knelt before kickoff of their Olympic openers on Wednesday, the first demonstrations under slightly relaxed restrictions on protest at the Games. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The demonstrations were pre-planned, as they have been before various international soccer matches for over a year now as collective statements against racism and other forms of discrimination.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7621776504298\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Megan Rapinoe got choked up when asked about a moment she &amp; Carli Lloyd shared after the loss to Canada in (likely) their last Olympics. Meanwhile Carli is running suicides in the background the entire interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarliLloyd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CarliLloyd<\/a> is a warrior &amp; an inspiration. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USWNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USWNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tokyo2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2B9hPIfso\">pic.twitter.com\/c2B9hPIfso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kylen Mills (@KylenMills) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KylenMills\/status\/1422141089008422915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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