That was tough. As much as this team has been crapped on for their offensive performance, they defense that gave no good goal attempts to Portugal that could have been an embarrassing earlier exit performed even better limiting Sweden's looks after they were such a scoring machine the game they played before.
But what it came down to was that Team USA ultimately could not finish. They've added some great young talent and their future looks bright, but the non-cohesive and uninspiring way they played as a team against the Netherlands and Portugal shows that a good team can't just be the sum of its parts.
Proud of their performance, but many lessons must be learned from this.
