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On Tuesday evening, the USA gained its seventh SheBelieves Cup in 9 years. This victory was secured in thrilling vogue – a full-time draw led to penalty kicks and featured goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher not solely saving photographs but additionally burying one in every of her personal. However, because the post-match pleasure died down, followers and followers instantly honed in on the predictable follow-up query to a global event: what might this imply for the Olympics?
In brief, quite a bit! This event noticed some predictably stable play from Olympic roster shoo-ins like Lindsay Horan, whose skills to constantly generate performs, draw fouls, and rating objectives seemed as dependable as ever. Mallory Swanson returned from harm to the worldwide stage for the primary time in a yr and has by no means seemed sooner or extra looking forward to a aim. And becoming a member of her up entrance have been Jaedyn Shaw and Sophia Smith, who greater than earned their hold with objectives all through the event.
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