President Joe Biden praised the US Women’s National Soccer Team after the squad suffered a heartbreaking loss to Sweden within the Women’s World Cup.
The group suffered its earliest-ever exit from the competitors on Sunday evening in New Zealand when Sweden got here out victorious in a 5-4 penalty shootout after a scoreless draw.
Mr Biden provided comforting phrases to the crew in a tweet early Sunday afternoon within the US.
“@USWNT, you’ve made your country proud,” it learn.
“Congratulations on an incredible run. This team is something special and I’m looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination – on and off the field.”
What would transform the Americans’ ultimate match on this yr’s World Cup noticed zero objectives scored all through the total 90 minutes.
As the match went to penalties, Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith and Kelly O’Hara every missed kicks that might have secured the win.
Sweden’s Lina Hurtig finally sealed her group’s victory with a slim aim on USA keeper Alyssa Naeher – who argued that she’d made a save earlier than the ball was dominated over the road.
“We just lost the World Cup by a millimeter. That’s tough,” Ms Naeher mentioned. “I am proud of the fight of the team. We knew we hadn’t done our best in the group stage and we wanted a complete team performance and the team came out and played great.”
USA Captain Alex Morgan mentioned she was “just devastated”.
“It feels like a bad dream,” she mentioned. “The team put everything out there tonight, I feel like we dominated, but it doesn’t matter. We’re going home and it’s the highs and lows of the sport of soccer. So, yeah, it doesn’t feel great.”
Read Jamie Braidwood’s full account of the match right here.