It is trying to forget just how close it came to the exit.
Forget that the United States has had trouble scoring at this tournament, they said, and that it just cannot figure out how to convert its passes and its possession into goals.
O’Hara leaned in and looked around at the faces of her teammates — some sad, some blank, some determined.
“I just told them, ‘Listen, guys, we did what we had to do,’” O’Hara said.
“It’s not like everyone’s sitting there like, ‘Wow, that was the most amazing performance we put together.’ But that’s where you have to dig deep.
Persons:
Rapinoe, Kelley O’Hara, Tuesday’s, O’Hara, —, “, ” O’Hara, ’, Crystal Dunn, ”, “ It’s
Organizations:
United States, U.S
Locations:
United, Netherlands, Melbourne, Australia, Sweden, United States