Massive Blunder During SheBelieves Cup as Soccer Balls Went Flat on Several Occasions During USWNT’s Games Due to Referees Mistake

The USWNT is perhaps one of the world’s best women’s international teams. Over the years, the team has endured a decent run in international competitions, thus winning four World Cup and Olympic titles, respectively.

They are currently the number-one rank holders in FIFA women’s standing and will look to keep it that way. The ladies played an emphatic friendly cup against Brazil, Japan, and Canada. The USWNT easily won the annual event as the preparations for the 2023 World Cup campaign continued.

However, the cup wasn’t completely devoid of controversies.

Massive blunder at SheBelieves Cup

SheBelieves Cup is an annual friendly tournament that is held in various cities in the US. The goal of the tournament is to promote women’s soccer and inspire young women to achieve their dreams.

Regardless of their link to athletics, the friendly cup emphasizes women’s empowerment. The inaugural edition of the tournament kicked off in 2016 and since then, the USWNT has won the tournament six times, while France and England have also won the event. A total of four teams take part in the tournament on an invitational basis.

And this year’s SheBelieves Cup was quite eventful, as there were unusual circumstances that the USWNT faced. While playing against Canada on February 16th, the ball had gone flat. A similar situation arose while facing Japan on February 19th, when again the ball went flat.

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The flat ball forced the referees to halt the match on both occasions as they changed the match ball. Nevertheless, the game continued as the ladies won both matches, thanks to three goals from Diane Swanson.

The reason behind the commotion during USWNT games

This isn’t the first time that a soccer ball has gone flat in the middle of a game, as there have been many instances where the ball has deflated. Usually, it occurs due to players kicking it quite hard or sometimes the air is more than necessary.

Oftentimes, there are instances of fatal mistakes that may occur in a game of soccer. However, this time it was more of a mistake committed by the referees, as they were using a broken pressure gauge. The blunder from the referees resulted in almost four soccer balls being replaced. Nevertheless, an official from the US Soccer Federation solved the problem by finding another gauge.

The problem didn’t occur in the following matches between Brazil, Canada, and Japan. However, neither of the teams could defeat the USWNT, who won the event for the sixth time. What did you make of the hilarious errors that ensued during the matches? Let us know in the comments below.

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