It’s Always Canada and the U.S. in the Final . . Or is It?
U.S. Women on a Cold Spell at Olympics, is the headline and the sub-text reads Hockey Team's Shocking Loss to Sweden Is Latest Disappointment. That’s a bit harsh of Barry Svrluga at the Washington Post.
Can you imagine being an American woman on that team, having played your heart out and losing, waking the next morning to that headline. Guess my country sent me to Turin for the Gold or else.
A 3-2 loss in a shootout and that’s the way shootouts are, unpredictable. The big load the U.S. women carried was that they’ve never been out of the finals in a world competition. They sat there on the bench, shaking their heads as if to clear this impossibility. Canada will play Sweden for the Gold. The U.S., if they can get themselves up for it, play on Monday for the Bronze.
They’ll be up, just need a day or two to get over that Washington Post headline about shocking losses and cold spells.
"I don't think anyone will ever understand," a tearful Swede, Erika Holst told CBC Sports. "We worked so ha…