The Guardian
Why the USWNT shouldn’t panic about their Olympic thrashing by Sweden (yet)
The US were comfortably outplayed by their opponents in their campaign opener. But they have come back from adversity before at the Games Alyssa Naeher takes in USA’s defeat to Sweden in their opening game at the Olympics. Photograph: Richard Ellis/UPI/REX/Shutterstock Norway 2-0 USA. That was the score of the US women’s soccer team opener the last time the Olympics were played in Asia. The distance from Qinhuangdao, site of that 2008 game, to the final in Beijing seemed vast, and not just becau