That howerver was not the reason they lost. The first 30 minutes the US team had 12 shots at the goal and connected with 0. That would come back to bite them in the end. This game did not have to go to a shoot out. US coach PIa Sundhage said it best "We made a couple of mistakes, we let them in the game. I still think we did pretty good out there," Japan's Azusa Iwashimizu was given a red card in the 119th minute but the US was unable to convert the ensuing free kick.