American football star Megan Rapinoe After her team made some fairly straightforward remarks after losing to Canada, she faced strong opposition online, especially north of the border Tokyo Olympics.
On Monday, after London, Canada defeated the United States 1-0, and Ontario’s Jessie Fleming scored a penalty. In the past few years, the US team has been dominating the sport, so this is a shock to the team, they have been in command in this scoreless game.
The US team’s defeat also broke their 20-year winning streak in the Canadian team, which added fuel to the fire. The United States will compete with the Australian team for the bronze medal, and the Canadian team will compete with the Swedish team for the gold medal on Thursday.
“It’s terrible,” Rapinoe said to ESPN“We just didn’t have it today. We made too many mistakes again. I think there is enough room for us to play, but we can’t get in, too many touches, or, you know, wrong touches.”
“So yes, it’s hard to swallow,” the 36-year-old continued. “Obviously, we never want to lose to Canada. I think I have never lost to Canada.
“So it’s a bitter one. Obviously, there is still a lot of competition. This is what I told the girls and also what we were talking about at the symposium. This is not the color we want, but there is still a medal online. This is one It’s a big thing, we want to win that game, but yes, this is… it’s terrible. It’s terrible.”
Social media responded quickly to the football star’s remarks, and many people called her a terrible sport. Others reveled in her apparent disappointment.
The US Women’s National Team officially congratulated Canada through its Twitter account.
This will be the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that Canada will compete for the gold medal in women’s football. The country won third place in both the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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