The group stage of this World Cup didn't go exactly the way Carli Lloyd hoped it would.
Oh, sure, the U.S. won its group for the first time since 2007, earning what should be a relatively smooth ride through to the semifinals. But that proved harder than it should have, with the U.S. scoring just once in its final two games.
Now the Americans have four opportunities to make everyone forget that, beginning with their first game of the knockout stage Monday against Colombia.
"Those three games are in the past," Lloyd said of group play.