The USWNT And Brazil Stretched The Definition Of “Friendly” (opens in new tab)

“Accept it. Accept it. It’s an uncontrollable. You cannot change it. Get over it. Get on with it.” Emma Hayes’s words may have aspired to equanimity, but her tone betrayed her. Coming off a 2-1 loss to Brazil in São Paolo—the first of two consecutive friendlies played on the Brazilians’ turf—the U.S. Women’s National Team…