AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The U.S. women's national team is 'not panicking' after its underwhelming 2023 World Cup group stage, forward Lynn Williams said here Thursday. But its bubble isn't impervious to the hysteria that has swirled around the team ever since a 0-0 draw with Portugal.
“It is noise,” co-captain Lindsey Horan said. “Sometimes you hear it, you see it, and sometimes it's hard to get away from it.”Horan acknowledged that the World Cup feels like a “pressure cooker.” But, she said, “us being the U.S. national team, we're always gonna have that. You guys always wanna talk about us.
“We want this so badly that sometimes I think we lose track of why we started to play, and why we're here,” Williams said. “It's because we love the game, and we love absolutely playing, and we love these moments on the world stage. That’s why we put our bodies through so much, and sacrifice so much. And it's a lot of people's first tournament, mine included, so you just wanna go out there and perform so badly that sometimes you forget about all the joy.
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