HARRISON, N.J. — If you only saw highlight clips of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s 2-1 loss to Germany on Thursday, you might think the Americans were nearing a cliff edge. If you only read about the game on social media, you might think the team went over it.
In truth, the U.S. played quite well. They were undone by two smart German strikes, two misses with awful luck for Lindsey Horan, and two surprisingly unselfish moments by Sophia Smith where she passed instead of shot.
The two-time reigning World Cup champions certainly played a lot better than they did in the games that really raised alarms, last month’s losses at England and Spain.
