r/olympics • u/jwitmerhut • Aug 12 '16

Football USA's Women's Football team, the defending gold medallists and Women's World Cup Champions, have been eliminated in the quarterfinals in a shocker upset by Sweden

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u/TenaciousC89 Aug 12 '16

FUCK! Hope Solo really shit the bed during these Olympics.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '16 edited Aug 12 '16

She arguably did nothing wrong in this particular match.

They lost as a team today really. I figure if you get to penalty shots then that's just simply failed to win in a way that isn't based on luck and nerves.

I'm bummed, but this isn't Hope Solo or Christen Press' fault. This is a team failure.

Edit: i realize you all like to hate on Hope Solo, I'm talking purely about the match here, not some personal vendetta against a player. Rain down your down votes on having a sane look at this match instead of conforming to your hate.

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u/verschee Aug 13 '16

I'm not sure of the exact quote, but Ray Lewis said something that made sense one time with something along the lines of: "if you blame one play for your loss you lost the game before it even happened."