How the U.S. Was Eliminated, Shot by Shot

U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, dressed in green and with her back to the camera, dives to her left but cannot make a save on the ball shot by Fridolina Rolfo, who can be seen in the background.Under an ink black Australian sky above Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, the Women’s World Cup game between the United States and Sweden on Sunday went on and on and on. For 120 minutes, it went on as the teams tried unsuccessfully to score, with nearly 28,000 fans so nervous that they could only muster a simmer of cheers. Until penalty kicks turned up the volume and decided it all.

That’s when the United States’ recent dominance in the World Cup fully ended, and the Americans were left stunned and…