Not a big surprise, but now it’s time to reset and get a new coach to guide the transition to the next generation.
Obviously the issues are deeper than one person, and a more thorough post-mortem is due. Still, in all, a bronze in Tokyo and a round of 16 exit in the World Cup is not a great legacy for a USWNT coach.
“Their minds weren’t in the game” is not more simplistic than “years of underperforming paired with some bad luck against a well organized opponent who went on to beat another favorite in Japan the next game”.
We know what’s wrong with this team and it isn’t a focus problem.