The United States women's team's dream of regaining their Olympic crown ended with a 1-0 defeat by Canada in the semi-finals on Monday, leaving veteran Megan Rapinoe admitting the competition had been a "struggle". Obviously, you never want to lose, you never want to lose in a world championship, you never want to lose to Canada, obviously, and you never want to lose playing the way we did," Rapinoe told reporters. "Everything has been a little bit of a struggle, passes off here and there. "We obviously had goals of winning a gold medal, but any medal is really special, we can't lose sight of that. Especially considering the year everyone has been through, with what it's taken to be here, what it takes to play on the women's national team," Rapinoe said.

Source: The Star August 02, 2021 21:00 UTC