Megan Rapinoe, forward for the United States women's team, said Monday's semifinal loss to Canada at the Olympic Games was a bitter pill to swallow.Jessie Fleming's second half penalty saw the USWNT fall 1-0 and they will not be able to win a medal.Fixtures and brackets for the Women's Olympics soccer tournamentIt's horrible. Rapinoe stated after the match that they didn't have it today. We made too many mistakes again. It felt like there was space for us to play, but we couldn't get in it. Too many touches or an errant touch."That's football. They had one shot at goal. It was a PK. It's bittersweet. We don't want to lose Canada. I can't recall ever losing to Canada.It's a bitter pill. There's still so much to be done. This is what I shared with the girls, and what we discussed in the huddle. Although it's not the colour we want, there's still a medal at stake. It's huge and we want that to be a win. But, it is... it sucks. It is a pain.The USWNT has had a difficult time at the Olympics. They lost 3-0 to Sweden, snapping a 44-game streak of unbeaten games. Australia was also eliminated from the group stage.Megan Rapinoe stated that the USWNT will have difficulty accepting the Olympic semifinal loss against Canada. Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty ImagesVlatko andonovski's team needed penalties to beat Netherlands in the quarterfinals. Rapinoe stated that she is unable to understand why the Japanese team could not perform in Japan."It just hasn’t flowed for me. She said that it has not been easy. It just didn't work for us. It could have been roster rotations. It's a difficult tournament and I am trying to save players."But our bench, it's deep, deep, deep as hell. It's hard to believe we could really do that. I can't quite put my finger on it. It was a tournament that I have been thinking about, and we didn't have the same juice as we usually do.Rapinoe spoke with teammate Carli Lloyd at the full-time whistle. Rapinoe, who was emotional, replied to a question about the conversation: "Obviously, it's been in this long-term together.""We are both closer to the end than we were at the beginning. We've shared many happy moments on the field, and not many sad moments. But we have had some. There is no need to say much.It's hard. She's one of the best players to ever wear this jersey. It was likely -- it might not have been her last Olympics, but it is most definitely her best. We want everyone to leave on the happiest note possible, and today we were unable to do that.In Thursday's bronze medal match, the USWNT will face Australia. Australia lost to Sweden in another semifinal.
