U.S. Eliminated from Women’s World Cup Transcript

A devastating defeat for the US Women’s Soccer Team. Sweden takes the win during a penalty shootout, knocking the US out of the Women’s World Cup. CBS News’s Nancy Chen has the highlights.

It was the performance fans had been waiting for. After the US Women’s National team struggled through the group stage of the World Cup, US players demonstrated improved chemistry and maintained better possession of the ball than in previous games, but were shut out by a strong Swedish goalkeeper. However, as the scoreless game went into penalty kicks, Sweden won 5-4 in a dramatic shootout. The winning goal narrowly making it across the line as the two time reigning champions were eliminated.

It was a tough moment for everyone, but in same time, I know that they will use this moment as a motivation in the future and not to go through the same thing ever again.

The match also marks the Final World Cup appearance by Megan Rapinoe, who has announced this is her final tournament before retiring.

I feel so proud of everything that this team has done, and everything we’ve done on the field and everything we’ve done off the field.

But players weren’t the only ones experiencing heartbreak. Fans here in Melbourne say the especially close score after a challenging tournament made this a particularly difficult loss.

This is the earliest we’ve ever gone out in a major tournament ever, and it hurts. We don’t really know what it’s like to lose.

After the loss, First Lady Jill Biden tweeted at the team. “You made this sport matter. Always remember that you encourage women and girls everywhere to show up and fight for their dreams.”

The experience is the best part. It’s really nice.

Did you still have a pretty good experience with this match?

Yeah, it was still really fun.

A different outcome than what fans had been hoping for, but one that still leaves them with hope for the future.

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Nancy Chen, CBS News, Melbourne, Australia.