Well, catastrophe is here.

Before the 2015 World Cup the USWNT lost to Brazil and France. After winning the World Cup, Jill Ellis in part credited those losses (from @caitlinmurr’s book): pic.twitter.com/BvZgWzqD5A

— Kevin Draper (@kevinmdraper) July 21, 2021

The referee blows the whistle and the #USWNT loses 3-0. Amazingly, it could've been even more lopsided.

The U.S. lost the first game of the 2008 Olympics and still won gold. I wouldn't count them out. But they need to play like themselves and not the team we just saw.

— Caitlin Murray (@caitlinmurr) July 21, 2021