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MELBOURNE, Australia — Lina Hurtig’s converted her penalty and Sweden knocked the United States out of the World Cup 5-4 on penalties after a scoreless draw at the Women’s World Cup. U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher fruitlessly argued she had saved Hurtig’s attempt, but it was ruled over the line. The stadium played Abba’s “Dancing Queen […]

The Americans, winners of the last two World Cups, face their earliest ouster in tournament history when the match is decided by kicks after a scoreless draw.

The reigning world champions, the United States Womens National Team have crashed out of the Womens World Cup eliminated in a penalty shoot-out by old rivals Sweden.

The USWNT lost to Sweden in the round of 16 in a penalty-kick shootout Sunday and were eliminated from the Women's World Cup.

The United States’ run for a third straight Women’s World Cup championship ended in the round of 16 Sunday with an agonizing penalty-kicks loss to Sweden in Melbourne, Australia.

Defending champion U.S. crashed out of Women's World Cup after losing to Sweden on penalty kicks in round of 16.

Lina Hurtig scored the decisive kick in the shoot-out.

The United States, which has a record four World Cup titles overall and was trying to win an unprecedented third consecutive tile, was eliminated in the Round of 16 for the first time in team history.

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The United States played its best game of this Women’s World Cup and it’s wasn’t good enough to stop the two-time reigning champions from being eliminated from the tournament