One could be forgiven for getting a good night’s sleep, searching the score from the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s 0-0 draw with Portugal on Tuesday and assuming the Americans were unlucky not to take all three points from their World Cup group-stage finale.
The European underdogs didn’t put a single attempt on target, after all, while the United States outshot them 15-5 and claimed a 6-1 advantage on corner kicks. A classic case of the heavyweight simply failing to land a knockout blow against a scrappy opponent, right?
5 shots – 0 on target
15 shots – 5 on target
On the goal
On the field
But while most of America was sound asleep, the U.