World Cup Daily: Round-of-16 recap, USWNT’s exit, Japan rise

The 2023 Women’s World Cup is now down to eight teams with the quarterfinals approaching, and some heavyweights are already on the plane home, including the United States, Canada, Brazil and Germany.

While the U.S. was the only major casualty from the round of 16, the tournament also said goodbye to some knockout-round debutantes in South Africa, Jamaica and Morocco, whose stories have hopefully inspired a new generation of women’s soccer fans from those countries. Read More