For U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, It’s Back to Work

LYON, France — From the moment the Women’s World Cup schedule came out last winter, the potential for a quarterfinal matchup between the United States and France possessed its own planetary gravity, commanding so much of the expectation and emotion and conversation inside the Americans’ soccer universe long before its scheduled date.

When the moment arrived last Friday, it delivered in every way, a kind of platonic ideal of a sporting event. The Americans marveled at the atmosphere. Their ears throbbed from the noise. They struggled. They triumphed. Their emotions crested.

And now, they have nothing to show for it except another significant task, the chance to play up to two more matches before they can claim another world championship, starting with a semifinal on Tuesday against England.

“The way this team looks at it is, nothing in the past matters unless we win the next two games,” forward Christen Press said Monday.

Source: The New York Times

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