Lindsey Horan admits USWNT weren't 'mentally ready' in Sweden loss

23/07/2021 0 min
Lindsey Horan admits USWNT weren't 'mentally ready' in Sweden loss

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Seth Vertelney brings you the latest American women’s soccer news with Goal.The U.S. women’s national team is looking to bounce back from their stunning opening-game loss to Sweden at the Olympics when they take on New Zealand on Saturday.Speaking to the media on Friday, U.S. midfielder Lindsey Horan admitted that her team was not mentally ready to play in their 3-nothing defeat to the Swedes, and that the U.S. is looking to fix that ahead of their next match.Head coach Vlatko Andonovski also admitted that his team didn’t look like themselves against Sweden, but said the U.S. didn’t have time to dwell on that result with their next match rapidly approaching. New Zealand fell 2-0 to Australia in their opening game, and the top-ranked U.S. are heavy favorites to bounce back from their opening-game loss and get their quest for gold back on track.

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