WATCH: Millimetres! VAR penalty drama as USWNT crash out of World Cup with Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith & Kelley O’Hara all missing in thrilling shootout
The USWNT are out of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with VAR drama in a thrilling penalty shootout seeing Sweden edge past the defending champions.
WHAT HAPPENED? There was nothing to separate two of the best teams on the planet across 120 minutes of action in Melbourne, with the game finishing goalless after extra-time. A test of nerve played out from 12 yards, with Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith and Kelley O’Hara all missing for the United States. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher scored her spot-kick, and thought she had kept the tie alive when getting hands to a strike from Lina Hurtig. The ball hit the crossbar before being bundled away, with a VAR check determining that it had crossed the line and the Swedes had claimed the most notable of scalps.
LINA HURTIG KNOCKS OUT THE WORLD CHAMPIONS IN DRAMATIC FASHION!<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/SWE?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#SWE
condemn <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/USA?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#USA to their earliest-ever <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIFAWWC?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#FIFAWWC exit! pic.twitter.com/QxYB69wLaGAfter review, the penalty is good and Sweden wins
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