I'd stay in the village myself.

And unless you're pregnant, you can probably handle getting Zika.

Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid!

Don't know what you're missing...

It can often be difficult to accept that the world outside our doorway is simply not as scary and frightening as our biases and dramatic lack of relevant knowledge make it out to be...

That's where I'd suggest they go for a good time.

at the Drunken Orgy for Eliminated Competitors, which will be held somewhere in the Olympic Village

I sure wish I was going

That really hurt my heart.

Sweden deserved to win, and I didn't have a good feeling going into the shootout. The U.S. looked uptight about it, while Sweden was loose, seemingly excited to pull the upset.

Following the U.S. women's team has long been one of my favorite hobbies. I love those girls, and they've set the standard for women's soccer. Three straight Olympic golds. The Rio Olympics are a lot less fun for me to watch now.

But as one of the commentators remarked, Sweden didn't seem dependent on "great opportunities" to score.

But I also think about the incorrect offside call that took away what would have been the winning goal for Sweden in extra time.

I think Rapinoe's absence has been significant.

I think if the first goal - scored by the USA - had been allowed to stand that the Swedish goal may not have materialized. Certainly, the play leading up to that goal would have been changed entirely.

If it was an offside call, then that was a shame. It was a beautiful goal.

I thought the commentators thought that was questionable. Maybe not.

*glares balefully at US Men's Soccer team*

could even qualify for the NCAA tournament in the form they're in...

Can't believe I missed that one.

But they went back to track and field.

I am shocked at this result. I thought the U.S. women were going to win this match. I was not able to watch the match, but I just assumed the women would win.

Maybe this team is too worn down. This team played in and won the World Cup last year. After winning the World Cup they continued playing for months on a victory tour. When the victory tour ended some of the players returned to their home teams to play professional soccer.

It could also be that this team did not have enough time to gel. A number of the players from the World Cup winning team either retired, played a limited role in the Olympics due to injury, or missed the Olympics due to pregnancy. Did this team have enough time to come together and learn what they needed to learn in order to win a gold medal?

Their final kick sailed high over the net. Their first kick was stopped by Sweden's goalie.

Penalty kicks are really stacked against the goalie. They need to guess left or right, so there's a 50-50 chance they guess wrong. Kicking the ball over the goal is really a huge mistake. It hands a point to the other team.

BTW - there were two late goals that were waved off by the referee, even though the replays showed both goals were good, one for each team. Had the first of those goals - made by the USA - been allowed to stand, the second goal probably wouldn't have happened, as that second goal grew out of the situation set up by the wave off of the first goal.

But the US women were not up to their usual standard. Sweden played well.

A heart breaker, for sure.

I DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION

Hard to inspire a national outrage when that's the case.

because I now wouldn't put it past Solo to have done that just as a desperate attempt to psych out the last penalty taker.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/12/hope-solo-sweden-cowards-olympics-football-rio-2016

Between the domestic violence charges and comments like that, she seems like a real piece of shit.

She's a certified idiot.

They had a lot of shots but not many actually on target and the shots that were on net were low quality. They miss Abby Wambach.