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"We feel like we didn’t lose," Sinclair said, "we feel like it was taken from us. It’s a shame in a game like that, which is so important that the ref decided the result before the game started."
McLeod was even less diplomatic.
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Storylines U.S. 4, Canada 3
The U.S. advances to the gold-medal match to play Japan on Thursday at Wembley Stadium.» Alex Morgan’s game-winning goal is her third of the Olympics, but first since the U.S.’s opening win against France.
» Japan advances to the title game by virtue of a 2-1 win over France.
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"We feel like we got robbed in this game," she said. "The referee was very one-sided."
When the game truly was decided, however, the referee was nowhere to be seen. It was just a long pass from Heather O’Reilly to Morgan.
Then it was a pile of sweat and tears and the belief in a third-straight gold as one American after another stacked herself on top of the last to create a victory pile.
Somewhere under there, in the happy darkness, Wambach found Morgan.
"I love you," she later recalled saying. "I think I am in love with you in this moment."
Of course it would end this way.
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