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08-12-2016, 11:40 PM
Elimination: U.S. women's soccer just took its worst Olympics loss ever
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Star forwards Alex Morgan and Christen Press missed penalties Friday as the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) suffered its most shocking Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/) loss in history.*
The heavily favored USWNT's defeat by Sweden means it won't be featured in the Olympics gold medal game for the first time ... ever.*
SEE ALSO: Olympics official on Rio's green diving pool: 'Chemistry is **t an exact science' (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/olympics-green-water-chemistry-lol/)
The USWNT won gold in 1996, the first year women's soccer was included in the Summer Olympics. It won silver in 2000, then gold again in 2004, 2008 and 2012. During that span, it also won the Women's World Cup in 1999 and 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/07/05/usa-japan-world-cup/).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Star forwards Alex Morgan and Christen Press missed penalties Friday as the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) suffered its most shocking Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/) loss in history.*
The heavily favored USWNT's defeat by Sweden means it won't be featured in the Olympics gold medal game for the first time ... ever.*
SEE ALSO: Olympics official on Rio's green diving pool: 'Chemistry is **t an exact science' (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/olympics-green-water-chemistry-lol/)
The USWNT won gold in 1996, the first year women's soccer was included in the Summer Olympics. It won silver in 2000, then gold again in 2004, 2008 and 2012. During that span, it also won the Women's World Cup in 1999 and 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/07/05/usa-japan-world-cup/).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/12/us-womens-soccer-loses-sweden-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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