FIFA Women’s World Cup™ on FOX and FS1 Programming Highlights: USWNT vs. Sweden

Today’s Results:

• Sweden def. USWNT, 0 – 0 (PK: 5 – 4) (90 IN 90 HIGHLIGHTS | REPLAY)
• Netherlands def. South Africa,  2 – 0 (90 IN 90 HIGHLIGHTS | REPLAY)

Must-See Moments:

• The final penalty kick: Sweden’s Lina Hurtig gets past USWNT goalkeeper by slimmest of margins
• Sweden players react after learning they would be moving on to the Quarterfinals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup
• United States vs. Sweden highlights: Sweden triumphs on penalty kicks
• USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski speaks with FOX Sports’ Jenny Taft postgame: “I’m so proud of this team”
• USWNT co-captain Lindsey Horan talks ‘cruel’ penalty kicks, looks ahead to future
• USWNT co-captain Alex Morgan emotional following loss: “Feels like a bad dream”
• USWNT icon Julie Ertz: “It was an honor to represent this team”
• USWNT players console goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher after review of final PK

Top Stories:

• USA’s three-peat dream ends in heartbreaking shootout loss to Sweden (By: Doug McIntyre)
• USWNT run of dominance over after painfully early World Cup exit (By: Martin Rogers)
• Julie Ertz: Sweden loss was ‘probably the last game’ with USWNT (By: Martin Rogers)
• Fans react on social media to U.S.’s shocking elimination from 2023 Women’s World Cup
• Alexi Lalas’ World Cup power rankings: USA elimination creates new top-10

Tonight’s Top Quotes:

• “We just lost the FIFA Women’s World Cup by a millimeter. That’s tough.”
  • USWNT goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher shares thoughts on loss to Sweden in postgame interview with FOX Sports’ Jenny Taft | WATCH

• “They [USWNT] are all going to hurt from this, there’s no doubt about it. But they are going to remember this moment and they are going to come back better. And it’s going to be better for the program, and that’s what they have to keep doing – they have to just keep plugging away and come back better and stronger. But this game is a cruel game sometimes.”
  • FOX Sports analyst Carli Lloyd following USWNT’s tournament-ending defeat in Round of 16 | WATCH

• “We’ve always been able to win by scaring the opponent into submission and I really do think that this is a United States team and program that has to look itself in the mirror and really reflect upon where we go from here, because that isn’t going to be the way forward anymore. The other teams are too good, they’re too nuanced, they’re too tactical and they’re too savvy. And so, the U.S. has to figure out what style of play they want to go with, what highlights their players the most and ultimately, can we be more flexible. We can’t just be a 4-3-3 system, a 4-3-3 team if we don’t have the personalities to dominate in that system, and I do think that’s something that the U.S. is going to have to face.”
  • FOX Sports match analyst Aly Wagner on how USWNT moves forward | WATCH

• “It is, sometimes, a game of inches. And for this team, both good and bad, it was down to inches in this World Cup.”
  • FOX Sports analyst Alexi Lalas reacts after USWNT’s early Women’s World Cup exit | WATCH

• “I look at the 14 players that are debutants… what they’ve learned from being in this World Cup and this moment and going out this way, I think that is going to help shape them.”
  • WOMEN’S WORLD CUP NOW analyst Leslie Osborne on USWNT’s next steps following 2023 tournament | WATCH

• “It’s an honor to represent this team, and I’m excited for the future of these girls. … I hope the grit [passes on], Kelley O’Hara always says we just rent these jerseys and it’s the job to pass it down to the younger ones to continue that in our DNA.”
  • USWNT’s Julie Ertz reacts following USWNT loss to Sweden | WATCH

• “I think this team has always fought for so much more and that’s been the most rewarding part for me. … To know that we’ve used our really special talent to do something that’s changed the world forever.”
  • Megan Rapinoe shares thoughts after final Women’s World Cup with USWNT | WATCH

• “To all the players on that pitch and to all the players that have come before them, thank you for what you’ve done for women’s football.”
  • FOX Sports analyst Kate Gill shares appreciation for impact USWNT has had on women’s soccer across the world | WATCH

Top Shot:

Monday Round of 16 Schedule on FS1 (All Times ET)

• 3:00 AM – FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP LIVE
  • Carli Lloyd, Alexi Lalas, Rob Stone, Ari Hingst
• 3:30 AM – England vs. Nigeria
  • Jacqui Oatley, Lori Lindsey, Mark Clattenburg
• 5:30 AM – FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TONIGHT
  • Alexi Lalas, Rob Stone, Ari Hingst, Kate Gill, Stu Holden, Heather O’Reilly, Karina LeBlanc, Chris Fallica
• 6:30 AM – Australia vs. Denmark
  • JP Dellacamera, Aly Wagner, Mark Clattenburg
• WOMEN’S WORLD CUP NOW on @FOXSoccer Twitter
  • Hosts: Leslie Osborne, Melissa Ortiz, Jimmy Conrad
  • Guest: Freya Coombe, Karina LeBlanc, Heather O’Reilly, Stu Holden

Full replays of each match are available on the FOX Sports app. For announcements, coverage, notes, photography and more, visit the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ page on FOX Sports Press Pass.