Warning! This article contains over 3800 words describing statistics. Therefore, this article will be boring for well, everyone, except hardcore soccer nerds. This might take more than 15 minutes to read. Recommended for insomniacs.
This game went down as a disaster for the U.S. Women Soccer Team. They lost a quarterfinal match to Sweden in the 2016 Rio Olympics. There are dozens of commentaries that perfectly explained what happened with bizarre coaching decisions, players to blame, and the aftermath where Hope Solo was suspended 6 months for her famous “cowards” comment. I will not be rehashing these inglorious moments.