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Major changes likely coming to U.S. women's soccer, starting with its coach

U.S. fans react after the United States' loss to Sweden during a watch party for the Women's World Cup at Power& Light District on Aug. 6, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri.

MELBOURNE, Australia —Julie Ertz and Megan Rapinoe tried to smile through tears. Alex Morgan struggled to keep her composure. Sophia Smith didn't even try at all, instead being whisked past reporters to avoid questions about the earliest Women's World Cup exit in U.S. Soccer history.

In the immediate aftermath of Sunday's penalty-kick loss to Sweden in the round of 16, a result determined by an electronic sensor and a video replay, it was hard to find perspective in the pain. What will happen in

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