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☆ Lina Hurtig feels ‘sick to my stomach’ at the thought her winning penalty against the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( George Ramsay | Henrik Pettersson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After Kelley O’Hara had hit the post, Hurtig stepped up and saw her effort clawed out of the goal by Alyssa Naeher. “I don’t want to watch it again, it makes me sick to my stomach,” the 27-year-old forward told Radiosporten. “There are so many emotions, it’s so close, so I get a little sick to my stomach when I look at it.”Hurtig scored from the penalty spot as the shootout went to sudden death. “Some of the players maybe shoot in their clubs, so they are used to that,” Wikman told reporters on Wednesday. “It’s going to be a tough game,” Hurtig told reporters.

Persons: Lina Hurtig, rewatching, Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith, Hanna Bennison, Kelley O’Hara, Hurtig, Alyssa Naeher, “, Radiosporten, ” Hurtig, Robert Cianflone, Magnus Wikman, ” Wikman, ” Sweden’s, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Japan Locations: Swedish, United States, Sweden, Hurtig, Japan, Spain, Norway, Eden, Auckland , New Zealand

☆ Women's World Cup Scores and News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Her Colombia teammates followed in her wake, eating up the ground in the rush to close the distance, to catch her to celebrate the goal that would soon take the country past Jamaica and into the first Women’s World Cup quarterfinal in Colombia’s history. Caicedo’s emergence at this World Cup has not exactly been a surprise. She has long been earmarked as the next big thing: for Colombia, for South America, and increasingly for women’s soccer as a whole. She played in the under-17 World Cup — Colombia finished second — and the under-20 World Cup, reaching the quarterfinals, almost contiguously. This tournament is, in effect, her third World Cup in a year.

Persons: Catalina Usme, Linda Caicedo, Usme, Ana María, Caicedo, —, Hamish Blair, Megan Rapinoe, Christine Sinclair, Alex Morgan, Marta, bookmarked, Italian Giulia Dragoni, Hinata Miyazawa, Sophia Smith, Naomi Girma, Trinity Rodman, Melchie Dumornay, England’s, — Lauren James, Mary Fowler, Sam Kerr, ” Organizations: Copa Libertadores, Copa América, Colombia, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid, world’s, —, Germany, Associated, United, South, England Locations: Colombia, Jamaica, South America, América de Cali, Barcelona, Europe, Real, Madrid, Spain, United States, Nigeria, Germany, Morocco, Australia, New Zealand, Italian, South Korea, Sydney

☆ Trump blames Megan Rapinoe and wokeness for US Women’s World Cup exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

While the soccer star was not the only US player to do so, she has a contentious history with the former president. In a speech introducing the star soccer player, the president praised Rapinoe’s role in securing equal pay for the US women’s soccer team and her advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights. “For nearly 40 years, the US Women’s National Soccer Team has epitomized what it means to be a champion. Biden and his wife have also repeatedly championed this Women’s World Cup team and were among several big names who helped announce the lineup back in June. As the World Cup got underway, the Bidens placed a billboard on the White House North Lawn cheering on the team.

Persons: Donald Trump, Megan Rapinoe, “, Joe Biden, ” Trump, Crooked Joe Biden, Megan, MAGA, ”, “ I’m, Megyn Kelly, Kelly, Rapinoe, it’s, Trump, ” Rapinoe, Colin Kaepernick’s, Sue Bird, Biden, Rapinoe’s, Jill Biden Organizations: Sydney CNN —, US women’s, U.S, Women’s Soccer Team, Fox News, CNN, WIN, ESPN, US, National Soccer Team, ”, White, Lawn Locations: Sweden, America, USA, United States

☆ Trump mocks Megan Rapinoe, blames Biden for USWNT's historic early World Cup elimination: 'Nice shot Megan, the USA is going to Hell!!!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump mocked US soccer star Megan Rapinoe for missing a crucial penalty kick. Trump said that USWNT's historic World Cup elimination was an example of "WOKE EQUALS FAILURE." The former president and other conservative commentators have long had a tortured relationship with the women's national team. The US women's team was coming off two-straight World Cup wins that had bolstered their legacy as the world's most dominant squad. @USWNT, you've made your country proud," Biden wrote on Twitter.

Persons: Donald Trump, Megan Rapinoe, Trump, Biden, Crooked Joe Biden, Megan, MAGA, Rapinoe, Max Miller, Clay Travis, you've, Piers Morgan, that's, Morgan Organizations: Service, US Women's Soccer, U.S, Women's Soccer Team, women's, Ohio Republican, Twitter, US Women's National, US, The New York Locations: Wall, Silicon, Sweden, America, USA, Ohio, American

☆ Trump Cheers the Defeat of Rapinoe and the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the United States lost to Sweden in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, many American viewers saw it as a painful collapse on the grandest stage — the sort of agonizing moment that happens in sports. For former President Donald J. Trump, it was a sign of national decline. The loss was “fully emblematic of what is happening to the our once great Nation under Crooked Joe Biden,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform. MAGA.”The taunt was an extension of a longstanding feud between Mr. Trump and Megan Rapinoe, the retiring soccer star who once refused to visit the Trump White House, and whose missed penalty kick contributed to the team’s loss. (After the game, Ms. Rapinoe summed up the miss as a sort of “sick joke.”)

Persons: Donald J, Crooked Joe Biden, ” Mr, Trump, ”, “, Megan, MAGA, Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe Organizations: United, Trump, Trump White House Locations: United States, Sweden, America, USA

☆ Russia and Ukraine up the ante, Niger’s deadline passes and an interview with the U.S. czar fighting long COVID
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Russia and Ukraine step up their attacks on each other as oil prices hit four-month highs. The deadline for Niger’s junta to reinstate the ousted president passes – will West African leaders follow through on threats of intervention? Soccer legend Megan Rapinoe tearfully bows out of the World Cup as gymnastics superstar Simone Biles double flips her way back into the spotlight. Plus, we speak to Admiral Rachel Levine about the fight against long COVID. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles, Rachel Levine, Megan Rapinoe's Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, West, Thomson, Reading Locations: Russia, Ukraine, –, Reading Ukraine, Niger

Megan Rapinoe reacts to missing during the penalty kick shootout. The US soccer icon announced she would retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season, meaning this could be her final match for the US national team. Rapinoe came on as a second-half substitute against Sweden but failed to score her penalty in the shootout. "She’s going to leave a legacy and we’re going to continue to grow as feminine soccer players and I think it’s great." It was a sentiment echoed by fellow fan Tina Lordanou, who was watching from the same bar.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Brad Smith, Rapinoe, I’ve, Gia Díaz, Tina Lordanou Organizations: USSF, Getty, Women’s Soccer League, US, Sweden Locations: New York

Women's World Cup live streams are plenteous now that the round of 16 is finally here. How to watch USA vs. Sweden free live stream from anywhereWhile various countries offer free Women's World Cup live streams (more options are popping up with the round of 16 and heading into finals brackets), most only provide them for select games. ITVX will stream USA vs. Sweden online for free for everyone. How to watch USA vs. Sweden Women's World Cup with a VPNSign up for a VPN if you don't have one. How to watch USA vs. Sweden live streams in the USAFox and Fox Sports 1 have the English language streaming and broadcast rights to the US Women's World Cup live streams.

Persons: Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, ExpressVPN, Peacock Organizations: USA, Fox, US Women's, USA Fox, Fox Sports, Telemundo, FIFA, FOX, BBC Locations: Sweden, USA, England, Nigeria, BBC Australia, Denmark, Colombia, Jamaica, ITVX France, Morocco

☆ United States' World Cup dynasty ends along with myth of supremacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S. suffered their earliest elimination at the World Cup by far, having never failed to reach the semi-finals in all eight previous tournaments. We run it," twice World Cup winner Brandi Chastain said in a pre-World Cup promotion for the NWSL. Injuries undoubtedly made their World Cup mission tougher, with captain Becky Sauerbrunn and forward Mallory Swanson ruled out of the squad. Yet, the U.S. never looked like World Cup winners when the tournament kicked off. The World Cup exit leaves U.S. women's soccer at a cross-roads, and pondering a way out of the mire.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake MELBOURNE, Jill Ellis, Vlatko, Megan Rapinoe's, Brandi Chastain, Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Mallory Swanson, Lloyd, Ian Ransom, Clare Fallon Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, World, peerless, Lyon, Women's Soccer League, Champions League, Loyal, Tokyo Olympics, England, debutantes, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sweden, United States, Melbourne, Australia, U.S, France, Netherlands, Europe, Spain, Germany, debutantes Portugal, Portugal

☆ For Megan Rapinoe, an Ending Not Even She Could Have Imagined
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Jeré Longman | More About Jeré Longman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself. Rapinoe could not remember the last time she missed a penalty kick. It was her penalty kick that provided the decisive goal in the final of the 2019 World Cup. There is more soccer to play for Rapinoe, a National Women’s Soccer League championship to chase in Seattle with the OL Reign. The light of Rapinoe’s renowned and polarizing career as a player and activist has now gone into shadow on the World Cup stage, where she played her best and emphatically spoke her mind.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, “ It’s, ” Rapinoe, Rapinoe Organizations: Sweden, Rapinoe, Women’s Soccer League Locations: United States, Melbourne, Australia, Seattle

☆ USWNT faces unfamiliar emotions following dramatic Women's World Cup exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This is a team that had not lost a Women’s World Cup match for 12 years, had never finished worse than third in the tournament, and was aiming for a historic World Cup three-peat, a near impossible feat never achieved in men’s or women’s soccer. Always remember that you encourage women and girls everywhere to show up and fight for their dreams.”Alex Morgan reacts after the US was knocked out the World Cup. It’s been an honor.”Megan Rapinoe played in her last ever World Cup match for the US. Brad Smith/USSF/Getty ImagesFellow two-time World Cup winner Julie Ertz also told Fox Sports afterwards, while fighting back tears, that she would probably never play for the USWNT ever again. “We just lost the World Cup by a millimeter,” Naeher told Fox Sports.

Persons: Alex Morgan, –, Megan Rapinoe, Julie Ertz –, Jill Biden, ” Alex Morgan, Alex Pantling, Hillary Clinton, “ I’m, Zećira Mušović, “, Vlatko Andonovski, ” Andonovski, ”, Lindsey Horan, William West, ’, I’ve, It’s, ” Megan Rapinoe, Brad Smith, Julie Ertz, Lina Hurtig’s, Alyssa Naeher, Naeher Organizations: CNN, Sweden, US, National, Twitter, “, FIFA, Vietnam, Portugal, Getty, ”, Fox Sports, USSF Locations: Melbourne, Sweden, Netherlands, Portugal, Portuguese, AFP

☆ A changing of the guard in women’s soccer but the US’ future can still be bright
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This was a changing of the guard in women’s soccer. For decades, ever since that first World Cup win in 1991, the US has been the standard-bearer in women’s soccer, the dominant force on the pitch, its leading voice off it. Three of the four former World Cup winners are no longer in the tournament, while the so-called underdogs have thrived. As the US team itself posted on social media after the match, “This year’s Women’s World Cup is a testament to the growth of women’s soccer on a global scale …”The penalty shootout went to sudden death. But there is light to add to these dark days for US women’s soccer because this is a team which promises to have a better future.

Persons: Alyssa Naeher, ” Alex Morgan, Jill Biden, country’s, “, Robert Cianflone, Megan Rapinoe, Vlatko, would’ve, Carli Lloyd, ” Rapinoe, could’ve, Zećira Mušović, Lindsey Horan, Lina Hurtig’s, Naeher, William West, Becky Sauerbrunn, Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman, Alyssa Thompson, Naomi Girma, –, Julie Ertz, Anson Dorrance, Horan Organizations: CNN, Fox Sports, US, Portugal, CNN Sport, Getty, Tokyo Olympics, England, Wembley, Women’s Super League, Sweden, High School Locations: Sweden, soccer, Thailand, France, England, Netherlands, Portugal, Melbourne, AFP, Spain, Australia, New Zealand

☆ How the U.S. Was Eliminated, Shot by Shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Juliet Macur | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Under an ink black Australian sky above Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the Women’s World Cup game between the United States and Sweden on Sunday went on and on and on. That’s when the United States’ recent dominance in the World Cup fully ended, and the Americans were left stunned and devastated by their worst showing at the quadrennial tournament. But on Sunday, in the round of 16, three missed penalty kicks and a razor-thin goal by Sweden changed their fate. Sophia Smith, who missed an opportunity to win for the United States, had to be consoled by her teammates as she sat on the field in tears. Kelley O’Hara, in her fourth World Cup, stormed by reporters and stared straight ahead in silence after the game, moments after her penalty shot hit the right post and bounced away.

Persons: Sophia Smith, Kelley O’Hara, Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe, “, ” Organizations: Sunday Locations: Melbourne, United States, Sweden

☆ Sweden knock United States out of World Cup on penalties
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sophia Smith had had the chance to win the match for the four-times champion Americans but blasted the ball over the bar. Sweden goalkeeper Zecira Musovic emerged as the hero, having kept the Scandinavians in the match, making 11 saves before the shootout to deny the Americans. We took it to extra time, we took it to penalties and we managed to win." For it to go to penalties and to end in that fashion, with the confusion at the end." Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Nick Mulvenney and Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sweden's Lina Hurtig, Read, Lina Hurtig, Alyssa Naeher, Sophia Smith, Zecira Musovic, Magda Eriksson, Vlatko Andonovski, Sofia Jakobsson, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Rapinoe, Sweden's Nathalie Bjorn, Naeher, Rebecka, Smith's, Magdalena Eriksson, Kelley Ohara, pinging, Hurtig, Ian Ransom, Nick Mulvenney, Ed Osmond Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, United, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sweden, United States, Melbourne, Australia, MELBOURNE, U.S, France, Canada

☆ Megan Rapinoe's World Cup career comes to tearful end
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Renowned for her reliability as a penalty taker, Rapinoe said missing one in the final moment of her career felt like "a sick joke". 'THE PLATFORM'Rapinoe plans to finish her club season with National Women's Soccer League side OL Reign before retiring and shows no signs of retreating from public life after a career spent championing social causes. Looking back at the 2019 tournament, Rapinoe saw her on-field achievements as being inextricably entwined with her advocacy. Without the winning, you don't get the media, you don't get the eyes, you don't get the fans." In 2022, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest United States' civilian honour, alongside gymnastics Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, Rapinoe, I've, It's, Abby Wambach, Donald Trump's, Colin Kaepernick, Simone Biles, Amy Tennery, Ed Osmond Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, REUTERS, Swedes, Fox Sports, d'Or, U.S, National Women's Soccer League, Republican, Soccer, NFL, United States, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sweden, United States, Melbourne, Australia, Auckland, Brazil

☆ U.S. deserved to beat Sweden, says defiant Andonovski
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"That they would have to go out the way we did I thought that we deserved a lot more. "We deserved to win this game. With fans on social media quick to call for his dismissal, Andonovski insisted he had not considered his future. The Sweden defeat marked Rapinoe's last international and star forward Alex Morgan will be 38 when the next World Cup rolls around in 2027. "We just lost the World Cup by a millimetre.

Persons: Vlatko, Hannah Mckay MELBOURNE, Vlatko Andonovski, Megan Rapinoe, Sweden's Lina Hurtig, Andonovski, Jill Ellis, Alex Morgan, Morgan, Alyssa Naeher, Ian Ransom, Ed Osmond Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, World, Sweden, Melbourne, U.S, Tokyo, Vietnam, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sweden, United States, Melbourne, Australia, U.S, Netherlands, Portugal

CNN —The US Women’s National Team was a post width away from exiting the Women’s World Cup at the group stage, but survived a late scare to earn a goalless draw against Portugal and reach the last 16. Defeat for the USWNT – a team aiming for a third consecutive world title – would have ended its participation in the tournament. The gap between the top-ranked teams and others has closed significantly in the four years since the last Women’s World Cup. “What this World Cup shows now is that the women’s game is growing a lot and because of that you have these kinds of results that before the World Cup nobody believed would happen,” Portugal coach Francisco Neto told reporters. “We had our World Cup on the line,” veteran Megan Rapinoe, who came on as a second-half substitute, admitted afterwards.

Persons: Ana Capeta, Alyssa Naeher, Robin Alam, Alex Morgan, “, didn’t, ” Morgan, Francisco Neto, Brad Smith, Jessica Silva, –, Morgan, Lynn Williams, Williams, Saeed Khan, Megan Rapinoe, “ We’re, ” Organizations: CNN, US Women’s National, Portugal, USSF, Getty, FIFA, ”, Saints Locations: Netherlands, Vietnam, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, ” Portugal, Auckland , New Zealand, Eden, America, AFP

The job for the United States women’s soccer team on Tuesday is clear, because that job never changes. The United States must get past Portugal to advance at the Women’s World Cup because that it what is needed, what is expected, what is required. It’s just kind of, why are you coming to the World Cup if you don’t think you should win it? The United States is a team in transition, a mix of veteran World Cup champions and fresh-faced World Cup rookies that has struggled both to dominate weaker teams and to unlock stronger ones. The United States knows it has arrived at a special moment in this World Cup.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, “, doesn’t, Rapinoe, ”, haven’t, Vlatko, ” Andonovski Organizations: United, U.S, women’s Locations: United States, Portugal, U.S, Netherlands, Vietnam, England

CNN —After the thrill of winning successive Women’s World Cup titles, the 2023 tournament – so far – has brought the US team very much down to earth with a bump. For a team that has been so historically dominant at the Women’s World Cup, performances throughout the 2023 edition so far have been underwhelming for women’s soccer’s most dynastic team. Fans of the US team get ready for the Women's World Cup group game against Portugal. 3 ranked in the world by FIFA, has plenty of World Cup history. Sweden drew with the US in 2015 and also beat them in 2011 – the last time any team defeated the USWNT inside regulation at a World Cup.

Persons: Ana Capeta’s, Vlatko Andonovski, “, Julie Foudy, Buda Mendes, Alex Morgan, ” Morgan, Thailand’s, –, Megan Rapinoe, Morgan, Andonovski, Mallory Swanson, Tobin Heath, Sam Mewis, Catarina Macario, Becky Sauerbrunn, Abby Dahlkemper, Andrew Cornaga, Trinity Rodman, Carli Lloyd, ” Lloyd, Crystal Dunn, Lloyd, ” Andonovksi, ”, Rebecca Welch, Rose Lavelle, Lavelle, Saeed Khan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sophia Smith, we’ll, Lindsey Horan, ” Andonovski, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, TNT, US, National, Getty, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada, Tokyo, Christen Press, Vietnam, Professional, Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Montreal Canadiens, UEFA, Leagues, ”, Sweden, FIFA Locations: Portugal, Buda, Thailand, Netherlands, Vietnam, England, New, New Zealand, Sweden, Spain, Auckland, Wellington, AFP, Real Madrid

☆ Vlatko Andonovski: US coach hits back at criticism of team after draw against Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( George Ramsay | Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —US coach Vlatko Andonovski said it was “insane” for anyone to question the team’s commitment as he responded to criticism from former American international soccer star Carli Lloyd. “Everyone is entitled to opinion and, you know, they can say whatever they want, but I just know how this team feels,” he added. “We know that it’s not good enough … We’re not happy with our performance, but we qualify for the next round. “The performances aren’t where we want them,” experienced forward Megan Rapinoe, who came on as a second-half substitute against Portugal, told reporters. It’s clear, as the players themselves know, that things haven’t clicked for Andonovski’s team yet.

Persons: Vlatko Andonovski, Carli Lloyd, “, Lloyd, ” Andonovksi, ”, Ana Capeta, “ It’s, We’re, ” Megan Rapinoe, Buda Mendes, What’s, Megan Rapinoe, haven’t, ” Alex Morgan, Inês Pereira, Carmen Mandato, Alex Morgan, Kelley O’Hara –, Sophia Smith, Julie Ertz, it’s, ” What’s, Andonovski, ” Morgan, we’ll, Jéssica Silva, Kim Price, Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, You’re Organizations: CNN, American, FOX, Portugal, Vietnam, FIFA, USSF, Getty, Cal Sport Media, US Locations: Portugal, Auckland, , New Zealand, Sweden, Buda, Netherlands

☆ Back From the Edge, U.S. Tries to Focus on What Comes Next
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Juliet Macur | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

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

☆ US stumble into knockout stages after 0-0 draw with Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We know it's not good enough, we're not happy with our performance," U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said after the match. "Our girls were very brave and they made an amazing game today," Portugal coach Francisco Neto told reporters. "It's just not going in the back of the net," Morgan added. "We have so many corners, we have so many opportunities, we got the crosses, I mean just unlucky you know." Reporting by Amy Tennery in Auckland, editing by Nick Mulvenney and Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Emily Fox, Portugal's Ana Capeta, David Rowland AUCKLAND, Megan Rapinoe, Ana Capeta, we're, Vlatko Andonovski, Ines Pereira, Lynn Williams, Alex Morgan, Williams, Sophia Smith, Pereira, Rapinoe, Trinity Rodman, ricocheted, Francisco Neto, Morgan, didn't, Amy Tennery, Nick Mulvenney Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Portugal's Ana Capeta REUTERS, United, Portugal, E, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Portugal, United States, Eden, Auckland , New Zealand, U.S, Melbourne, Sweden, Netherlands, Vietnam, Auckland

☆ How to watch the USWNT’s crucial Women’s World Cup game against Portugal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US Women’s National Team (USWNT) will be looking to book its place in the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup against Portugal on Tuesday. The team’s final group stage game takes place at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, and kicks off at 3 a.m. Eastern Time (7 p.m. local time). You can also stream matches by signing in with your TV provider at foxsports.com or on the Fox Sports app. “When you’re at the top, you’re always looking to get better,” US forward Megan Rapinoe said ahead of the final group stage game. The Oranje will come up against tournament debutant Vietnam which is still waiting for its first goal at the Women’s World Cup.

Persons: Lindsey Horan’s, you’re, Megan Rapinoe Organizations: CNN, US Women’s National, Portugal, Fox, Fox Sports, Telemundo, Peacock, Seven Network, Optus Sport, BBC, ITV, FIFA, Vietnam, Steel, Haiti, England Locations: Eden, Auckland , New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Vietnam, Portugal, Vietnam Vietnam, China, Denmark, Haiti, England, Danes

☆ Megan Rapinoe Is Not Going Quietly
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Juliet Macur | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sitting on the bench as her United States team played at the Women’s World Cup last week, Megan Rapinoe was sure that she was in the wrong spot. “I’m always shocked when I don’t play,” Rapinoe said with a laugh, joking with reporters on Sunday about her uneasy new role: reserve. For the first time in 12 years, Rapinoe, the outspoken and accomplished leader of the U.S. team for the past decade, is watching the World Cup instead of starring in it. Rapinoe, 38, expected this World Cup to be a sort of changing of the guard, of course. She is the oldest player on the team, and on the eve of her team’s departure for New Zealand, she announced that this would be her final World Cup and her final professional season.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Vlatko Andonovski, “ I’m, ” Rapinoe, Rapinoe Organizations: United States, “, U.S, New Zealand Locations: U.S, Vietnam, United States, Netherlands, Rapinoe

☆ US thrive on pressure of do-or-die group stage match, says Rapinoe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Jul 22, 2023; Auckland, NZL; USA forward Megan Rapinoe (15) in action against Vietnam in the second half of a group stage match in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup at Eden Park. Mandatory Credit: Jenna Watson-USA TODAY SportsAUCKLAND, July 30 (Reuters) - The United States are built to handle the pressure of their do-or-die final group stage match, veteran Megan Rapinoe said, with everything on the line against Portugal on Tuesday at the Women's World Cup. I mean, I think that that is something that just always gets passed down through the generations of this team," Rapinoe told reporters. "This is just the pressure in general being at the World Cup - this moment is going to come no matter what. Playing in her fourth World Cup, this year's tournament undeniably carries more meaning for the 38-year-old forward, as she previously announced she would retire at the end of her club season.

Persons: Megan Rapinoe, Jenna Watson, Rapinoe, Ballon, Lindsey Horan, it's, we've, Amy Tennery, Lincoln Organizations: Vietnam, FIFA, USA, Sports AUCKLAND, Portugal, U.S ., Australia, Sweden, Japan, women's, Thomson Locations: Auckland, NZL, USA, Eden, United States, Netherlands, U.S

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