After a rattling good match in “The Battle of Melby”, Sweden and their heroic goalkeeper have put the superpower Americans out of the World Cup.
Sweden will have reason always to remember whatever this place is called. The US will try to forget, but it won’t be easy.
But you can’t win a soccer game cumulatively; you have to find a way through. Musovic’s effect on the game was akin to a broken-down truck in peak hour on nearby Punt Road; she blocked every lane. That’s “Melby” for you. Goalkeeper Musovic made a couple of sharp saves, including one from Trinity Rodman from almost point-blank range, and a Horan header beat her, but clipped the crossbar. Elsetimes, defenders got timely feet or torsos in the way.Muscovic was twice more the heroine at the start of the second half, beating out a blast from Horan, then saving one-on-one with Sophia Smith .
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