Birmingham City goalkeeper Hannah Hampton was informed she had been cut from the Team GB Olympic shortlist less than two hours before her club squad faced Everton on Thursday.
Hampton, shaken by news that came as a surprise, made three errors in net in a 4-0 defeat to the Toffees that kept Birmingham in ninth place and stuck on 11 points in the Women's Super League. Head coach Carla Ward blasted the FA for how it treated her 20-year-old player, calling the organisation "thoughtless" for the timing of its roster-trimming, which pared down potential Great Britain participants this summer from 50 to 35.