Sweden showed why they have consistently bedeviled the United States Women’s Soccer Team earlier this week when they handed America its earliest World Cup exit in program history.
Former American midfielder Carli Lloyd, who won two World Cups, Olympic golds, and FIFA Player of the Year, consistently criticized the team throughout the tournament while working as a commentator for Fox Sports.
With America’s exit secured, Lloyd was quick to opine that the problems run deep for the women’s program.
Carli Lloyd on the #USWNT's early exit:
"This is a humble moment for the program—for the players, for the coaching staff—and it's a wake-up call for the entire program." #FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/berjSU5WKL
— Jennifer X. Williams (@JenXperience) August 11, 2023
“It used to be that everybody feared the U.S. and the U.S. was going in confident to these tournaments, but I think when you win, it’s easy to get comfortable. I think this is a humble moment for the program, the players, the coaching staff, and it’s a wake-up call for the entire program because it’s easy to turn a blind eye when the senior team is winning,” Lloyd said on Fox Sports.
“So we are failing at the U17 level, we are failing at the U20 level, and it has to be a priority to develop players, to get them fit again, to get them technically sound, tactically sound, and now we’re chasing the rest of the world.”
Whatever the case may be, the Americans have four years to figure out their problems before the next World Cup in South Africa.
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