USWNT thoughts - the curse of expectations or real worry?

It isn't good but as usual I am looking for silver linings

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We’ve been here before - after the Group Stage in both 2011 and 2015 doubts about the USWNT ability to go the distance dominated the narrative. On both occasions the panic was premature, though especially in 2011 the US never looked consistently like a Wor…