She’s, arguably, still the brightest star in women’s soccer. She’s one of the most experienced players on this US team. Now, Megan Rapinoe famously doesn’t miss penalties. Sigh of relief in the US bench as Rapinoe steps up to take the next kick. You are through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. which means that the US has to score, hit the ball in the goal twice.

archived recording 1Īnd the US stores its third.

And the first two kicks for both teams are scored. Penalty kicks are going to determine who will go on and who will go home in this incredible battle. archived recording 1Īnd then, as these things tend to do when nobody scores - archived recording 1 rory smithĪnd you could feel the nervousness of the players and, to be honest, of the crowd building as the clock ticked. There wasn’t a huge amount of action, which maybe fit certain stereotypes that certain people still have about soccer. rory smithĪnd, to be honest, it kind of played out as we thought. Yes, it’s a game in the Round of 16, so the first knockout round of the World Cup. archived recording 1Ĭountdown is underway in Melbourne. I want to ask you to go back a little bit in the tournament, hit rewind, and reconstruct the final moments of this game that has already become sports legend, the United States versus Sweden. And you are graciously tolerating this ungodly time difference of 14 hours from all of us here in New York. Well, Rory, as we’re hinting at, right, you are in Australia, covering the waning days of the Women’s World Cup. Yeah, two global time jumps is all the brain can sustain. Yeah, and I can’t - I just, I can’t do the three - I can’t do the three jumps. This is really confusing for me, so it’s Friday in Australia and New Zealand when they start, which I think is still Friday in the UK but might be Thursday - michael barbaro Rory, where are we exactly in the tournament right now? rory smith But according to my colleague, Rory Smith, it also marked the end of something even bigger, an entire era that redefined women’s sports. This is “The Daily.”Ī few days ago, when the US Women’s Team was eliminated from the World Cup, it marked the end of a history-making run of victory. michael barbaroįrom “The New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Women’s Soccer The reigning champions’ exit from the World Cup signaled a revolution for the sport.

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