The USA’ early removing from the 2023 FIFA Girls’s Global Cup introduced some pleasure to a minimum of one participant on one of the vital workforce’s manage competitors. 

Netherlands ahead Lineth Beerensteyn shared with journalists that she was once satisfied to peer the USWNT get knocked out by means of Sweden within the spherical of 16 on account of the way in which the workforce treated itself within the lead-up to the event. 

“From the first moment I heard they were out, I was just like, ‘Yes! Bye!’” Beerensteyn stated Thursday. “From the start of the tournament, they had really big mouths and were already talking about the final.”

Beerensteyn said the USA’ skill degree and accomplishments, pronouncing she had “respect” for them. However she idea the American citizens targeted too early on cementing their condition as the primary workforce to ever win 3 instantly Global Cups, inflicting them to put out of your mind their combatants prior to getting knocked out. 

“I was thinking you first have to show it on the pitch before you talk [big],” Beerensteyn persevered. “I’m not being rude in that way, I still have a lot of respect for them, but now they’re out of the tournament, and for me, it’s a relief, and for them, it’s something they will have to take with them in the future.

“Don’t get started to speak about one thing this is some distance away. I’m hoping they’ll be told from that.”

The United States and the Dutch have formed a rivalry in women’s soccer over the last few years, even if the Americans have won most of the battles (the United States is 8-2-1 all-time against the Netherlands). The United States defeated the Netherlands, 2-0, in 2019 in the Women’s World Cup final. 

Both squads faced off again two years later at the 2020 Olympics in the quarterfinals. The United States prevailed again, winning in penalty kicks. 

For the third time in as many major tournaments, the United States and the Netherlands played each other again at this year’s Women’s World Cup as both were in Group E. The Netherlands set the stage up to get some payback, forcing a 1-1 draw against the United States in its group match. Days later, the Dutch won Group E after a dominant win over Vietnam, while the United States squeaked in the round of 16 following its draw against Portugal. 

The Netherlands went on to win its round of 16 match against South Africa, 2-0. Hours later, the United States was knocked out of the tournament when Sweden defeated it in penalty kicks (5-4). 

The loss marked the earliest the United States has been eliminated from the Women’s World Cup, failing to reach the semifinals of the tournament for the first time ever. It also ended its streak of appearing in the Women’s World Cup final at three, winning the last two. 

Even though Sweden ended the United States’ hopes of a three-peat, Swedish star Magdalena Eriksson gave major props to the USWNT following its upset win, saying the Americans are “nonetheless a immense powerhouse in ladies’s soccer.”

“They’re nonetheless an excellent workforce,” Eriksson told reporters Sunday. “They’re undoubtedly the hardest workforce we’ve confronted thus far within the event.

“They have amazing players. The youngsters really impressed me today. I think both [Naomi] Girma and [Sophia] Smith had an amazing game. So the future is bright.”

Erkisson’s teammate Kosovare Asllani echoed that proclaim — and issued a ultimatum to people who would hurry Beerensteyn’s means in reacting to the USWNT’s removing.

Each the Netherlands and Sweden proceed their bids to win the Girls’s Global Cup within the quarterfinals. Beerensteyn, who was once a part of the Dutch workforce that misplaced to the American citizens in 2019, leads her workforce towards Spain on Thursday (9 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app) then scoring within the spherical of 16. Sweden faces Japan no longer lengthy then on Friday (3:30 a.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app). 

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