# USA Women’s National Soccer Team loses! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa, olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [July 21, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004 "2021-07-21T20:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/1 "2021-07-21T20:49:03Z")
> **[USWNT looked lost, confused as Sweden end unbeaten run](https://www.espn.com/soccer/womens-olympic-tournament/story/4435919/united-states-looked-lost-and-confused-in-olympics-opener-as-sweden-end-their-unbeaten-run)** > > USWNT's shocking 3-0 defeat to Sweden was notable because the team hadn't lost in 44 games. But it was also notable because of just how bad it was. I’m not disappointed, perhaps they needed to be knocked down a peg. Clearly they started believing their own headlines and didn’t understand that the other teams play to win the match as well. This wasn’t a fluke loss either. 3-0 and it was a total beat down. Maybe this will be a wake up call to spend less time on activism and more time practicing, otherwise they’ll be heading home early. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/2 "2021-07-21T20:53:04Z")
The team was always running on a mixture of arrogance and skill. But when the skill doesn’t show up… ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/3 "2021-07-21T20:54:18Z")
1 loss in last 45 games, but yeah sure they need advice from a message board on what they need to do to win again. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/4 "2021-07-21T21:01:05Z")
Well! That OP was certainly a surprise! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/5 "2021-07-21T21:05:22Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > 1 loss in last 45 games, but yeah sure they need advice from a message board on what they need to do to win again. “No activism” That’s the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/6 "2021-07-21T21:07:59Z")
But how will they get this crucial strategic advice? Can we fwd this thread to the team? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/7 "2021-07-21T21:15:40Z")
Obviously they stopped practicing because they were engaged in activism! It is so hard to do both! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/8 "2021-07-21T21:19:36Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Obviously they stopped practicing because they were engaged in activism! They’re clearly not doing enough activism. I, for one, had no idea they were even doing that. I honestly only know about their soccer activities. (and not too much about that). ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/9 "2021-07-21T21:24:02Z")
The good news for the USWNT is that it’s very difficult to _ **not** _ advance to the knockout stage in the Olympic format. 8 out of 12 teams advance out of the groups. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/10 "2021-07-21T21:25:52Z")
[Moderating] With the OP and the posts thus far in this thread, it’s hard to see it ending up anywhere but as a trainwreck. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/11 "2021-07-21T21:26:02Z")