Last week the U.S. U-17 women’s national team was eliminated at the group stage of the World Cup. Again.
The U-17s scraped by Cameroon, with their first two goals benefiting from some very generous refereeing; they were simply humiliated by North Korea in a 3-0 defeat; and they saw their best efforts of the tournament come to naught in a 4-0 loss to Germany in the final group match. And as the U.S. sat at home, Mexico advanced all the way to the World Cup final after outlasting Canada in an all-Concacaf semifinal.