I'm not sure if anybody else has noticed this, but losing…isn't fun?
It was hard to watch the United States women's national team fall at the hands (and feet) of Sweden over the weekend in the World Cup's Round of 16. Players were in tears as they realized that their dream of winning a third-straight World Cup for the United States was no longer possible.
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In some ways, being forced to head home after a solid performance and one of the narrowest penalty shootout decisions you'll ever see was brutally cruel.