{"id":3544,"date":"2023-08-07T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2023-08-07T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T16:47:08","slug":"just-in-sweden-knocks-us-womens-team-out-of-world-cup-after-rapinoe-misses-shot-laughs-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/08\/07\/just-in-sweden-knocks-us-womens-team-out-of-world-cup-after-rapinoe-misses-shot-laughs-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Sweden Knocks US Women\u2019s Team Out Of World Cup After Rapinoe Misses Shot, Laughs [WATCH]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the woke women\u2019s soccer team from the United States is out of the running for the World Cup after a dismal defeat to Sweden, with Swedish player Lina Hurtig winning the game and advancing her team by firing a ball\u00a0at U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and knocking it into the goal. Naeher pushed the ball up when trying to stop it, and it hit the top of the goalpost before bouncing back down and crossing the goal line.<\/p>\n<p>That put Sweden in the lead 5 to 4 and it won the game, with jubilation being the dominant Swedish emotion and depression the dominant American emotion. Watch the moment here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alyssa Naeher nearly kept it out \ud83e\udde4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DjpatlgCKD\">pic.twitter.com\/DjpatlgCKD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/1688155263260577792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>American soccer player Lindsey Horan, commenting on the game-winning goal, said, \u201c<em>A lot went into this performance and it was kinda changing gears and playing like us and playing our style \u2013 being confident and patient and all of those things. We went out and did it. And I think we played beautiful football today.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, she added, \u201c<em>Penalties, to be frank, they suck. They\u2019re cruel. I\u2019ve gone through too many in my career. I\u2019m proud of every player who stepped up and took a penalty today. Score or miss, it\u2019s courageous to go take a penalty<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"ld-9007-7028\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Importantly for many people, the defeat came after Megan Rapinoe laughed when she missed her penalty kick. It went far too high and, when she saw that she had missed, Rapinoe started laughing to herself. Watch that here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Megan Rapinoe misses a crucial penalty kick and laughs about it.<\/p>\n<p>She&#39;s pure trash. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USWNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USWNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w08JsprWST\">pic.twitter.com\/w08JsprWST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 3sidedstory \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2 (@3sidedstory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3sidedstory\/status\/1688163859654455296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That infuriated fans, who thought the incident showed the team\u2019s mindset. One commenter on Twitter, for example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12378135\/Megan-Rapinoe-slammed-USA-fans-LAUGHING-missing-crucial-penalty-World-Cup-shootout-against-Sweden-crying-field-team-knocked-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201c<em>I don\u2019t see what\u2019s funny about this? The laughing shows how much this team took this as a joke. So much for being a role model for the rest of the team.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12378135\/Megan-Rapinoe-slammed-USA-fans-LAUGHING-missing-crucial-penalty-World-Cup-shootout-against-Sweden-crying-field-team-knocked-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201c<em>I\u2019m generally a Megan Rapinoe fan, but laughing after a missed penalty is not a good look<\/em>,\u201d and was joined by another commenter who added, \u201c<em>Megan Rapinoe laughing after she missed a game winning pk\u2026 never happier to see a player retire. Never want to see her on my tv again. What a way to end your career.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, for her part,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12378135\/Megan-Rapinoe-slammed-USA-fans-LAUGHING-missing-crucial-penalty-World-Cup-shootout-against-Sweden-crying-field-team-knocked-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201c<em>I thought we played really well, I am so happy for us that we went out playing the way that we did. This is dark comedy, I missed a penalty. This is the balance to the beautiful side of the game.\u00a0I feel really grateful and joyful and I know this is the end and that is sad. This is the only time I have bene in one of these (losing on penalties at a World Cup) \u2013 it has been an honor<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another interview, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12378135\/Megan-Rapinoe-slammed-USA-fans-LAUGHING-missing-crucial-penalty-World-Cup-shootout-against-Sweden-crying-field-team-knocked-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201c<em>It is tough, it sucks. There was so much more in it for us<\/em>.\u201d In that same interview, she said, \u201c<em>It\u2019s a sick, sick joke. I\u2019ve never hit it over, when I miss they are saved.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, the woke women\u2019s soccer team from the United States is out of the running for the World Cup after a dismal defeat to Sweden, with Swedish player Lina Hurtig winning the game and advancing her team by firing a ball\u00a0at U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and knocking it into the goal. 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