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USWNT reasons for Olympic struggles: Rating impact of roster age, rotation, tactics, no crowds and more

Why has the No. 1-ranked U.S. women's national team struggled so much at the Tokyo Olympics? Not even the players and staff seem to know.

"I don't know," Carli Lloyd said after the USWNT's 1-0 upset loss to Canada in the semifinal. "I don't know in this moment. It happens, you know? You can't win them all."

Coach Vlatko Andonovski was at a similar loss on Monday, telling reporters, "I don't really know," before adding: "I guess we're going to have to go back and dig a little deeper and find out what is it that didn't go the way we wanted.