The BulleTin • Friday, augusT 6, 2021 B5
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TODAY
SATURDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
81°
LOW
54°
Partly sunny and pleasant
Yesterday Normal
Record
84°
86° 101° in 1998
63°
50° 30° in 1969
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.37" in 1976
Month to date (normal)
0.03" (0.05")
Year to date (normal)
3.16" (6.03")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.01"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Sat.
Sun
5:59am/8:23pm 6:00am/8:21pm
Moon
3:40am/7:47pm 4:42am/8:26pm
Mercury 6:26am/8:46pm 6:33am/8:46pm
Venus
9:00am/9:48pm 9:02am/9:46pm
Mars
7:47am/9:17pm 7:46am/9:15pm
Jupiter
8:59pm/7:23am 8:54pm/7:18am
Saturn
8:07pm/5:43am 8:03pm/5:39am
Uranus 11:46pm/2:01pm 11:42pm/1:57pm
New
First
Full
Last
Aug 8
Aug 15
Aug 22
Aug 29
Tonight's sky: The constellation of Orion is
visible just before sunrise in the east.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
3
7
8
4
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
Absent
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
EAST: Turning out
mostly sunny and
cooler Friday with a
gusty wind. The risk
of wildfi re spread
remains high.
CENTRAL: Sunny to
partly cloudy, breezy
and cooler Friday.
Sunny and warmer
again Saturday.
91°
63°
Delightful with plenty of
sun
Astoria
67/57
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
39132
71%
Wickiup
10890
5%
Crescent Lake
16196
19%
Ochoco Reservoir
5528
12%
Prineville
49401
33%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
297
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1120
Deschutes R. below Bend
101
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1380
Little Deschutes near La Pine
64
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
77
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
0
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
200
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
45
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
3
NATIONAL
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
90/70/0.00
Akron
84/58/0.00
Albany
78/57/0.00
Albuquerque
91/66/0.00
Anchorage
65/56/0.00
Atlanta
86/69/0.00
Atlantic City
80/65/0.00
Austin
81/72/0.05
Baltimore
89/60/0.00
Billings
91/64/Tr
Birmingham
88/71/0.00
Bismarck
88/63/0.00
Boise
97/73/0.00
Boston
71/65/1.97
Bridgeport, CT 77/66/0.03
Buffalo
86/62/0.00
Burlington, VT
83/65/0.00
Caribou, ME
75/62/0.06
Charleston, SC 75/68/0.09
Charlotte
87/65/0.00
Chattanooga
89/66/0.00
Cheyenne
90/55/0.00
Chicago
87/66/0.00
Cincinnati
86/63/0.00
Cleveland
82/54/0.00
Colorado Springs 89/56/0.00
Columbia, MO
81/61/0.00
Columbia, SC
85/68/0.00
Columbus, GA
88/71/0.00
Columbus, OH
87/61/0.00
Concord, NH
75/62/0.03
Corpus Christi
88/78/0.05
Dallas
93/73/0.00
Dayton
84/62/0.13
Denver
93/57/0.00
Des Moines
81/65/0.32
Detroit
84/63/0.00
Duluth
79/63/0.40
El Paso
95/72/0.00
Fairbanks
83/58/0.00
Fargo
80/64/0.00
Flagstaff
86/48/0.00
Grand Rapids
83/60/0.00
Green Bay
83/59/0.00
Greensboro
84/60/0.00
Harrisburg
88/59/0.00
Hartford, CT
77/65/Tr
Helena
91/62/0.14
Honolulu
87/77/0.13
Houston
89/75/0.01
Huntsville
87/63/Tr
Indianapolis
85/62/0.00
Jackson, MS
89/64/0.00
Jacksonville
85/75/0.35
Today
Hi/Lo/W
96/74/s
87/68/pc
85/63/s
94/69/s
64/55/c
87/71/c
81/70/s
90/74/t
92/67/s
78/64/t
86/69/t
90/65/pc
86/63/s
84/69/s
85/70/s
86/70/pc
87/66/s
86/61/s
85/73/t
86/70/pc
87/72/c
88/57/pc
81/69/t
86/67/c
86/68/pc
90/60/pc
88/69/s
83/72/t
88/72/t
87/69/pc
87/61/s
93/76/t
94/77/s
86/68/c
95/61/pc
87/71/pc
85/69/pc
76/60/pc
96/74/s
70/58/sh
83/65/pc
82/55/pc
80/67/t
81/65/t
87/68/pc
91/69/s
89/65/s
85/60/t
88/76/pc
92/76/t
85/69/t
84/67/c
89/70/pc
87/73/t
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
68/57/sh
99/80/pc
57/53/sh
116/92/s
93/81/t
91/69/pc
91/83/s
76/59/sh
66/48/r
78/59/pc
66/57/s
88/78/t
105/83/s
83/52/pc
90/78/t
64/55/c
68/56/r
77/58/pc
74/49/s
89/82/t
94/77/c
90/75/s
73/50/s
65/60/pc
77/65/s
69/57/sh
95/62/s
89/82/t
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
98/76/pc
86/67/t
84/64/pc
94/66/s
62/54/sh
88/71/t
79/68/pc
94/76/pc
86/67/pc
89/65/s
88/71/t
87/65/t
91/65/s
88/71/pc
85/70/pc
85/67/t
86/67/t
83/63/t
84/73/t
85/67/t
88/70/t
80/57/s
87/73/t
87/67/s
88/67/t
86/60/s
92/73/pc
86/70/r
89/72/t
86/67/pc
88/65/pc
94/78/s
96/78/s
86/68/pc
88/61/s
86/70/t
87/68/t
68/60/c
99/75/pc
65/53/r
83/65/t
82/55/s
86/68/t
79/66/t
81/66/t
88/68/t
89/67/pc
89/59/pc
86/75/pc
94/79/t
88/69/t
86/69/s
92/72/s
87/72/t
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
65/55/0.59
84/71/0.01
86/59/0.00
112/89/0.00
84/58/0.00
92/69/0.00
88/65/0.00
85/67/0.00
89/67/0.00
83/60/0.05
89/68/0.00
92/78/Tr
87/68/0.00
83/69/Tr
89/62/0.00
91/73/0.00
81/69/0.00
86/69/0.00
79/69/Tr
80/65/0.05
90/70/Tr
90/75/0.00
112/89/0.00
83/63/0.00
86/64/0.00
109/89/0.00
84/60/0.00
69/62/0.56
72/63/2.22
86/62/0.00
93/59/0.05
91/64/0.00
86/62/0.00
84/57/0.00
86/58/0.00
87/65/0.00
101/71/0.00
88/74/0.26
78/67/0.00
68/58/0.00
77/61/0.00
89/55/0.00
78/71/0.22
82/60/0.00
88/67/0.11
86/70/Tr
82/65/Tr
86/76/0.49
103/82/0.00
88/68/0.09
88/66/0.00
93/67/0.00
93/66/0.00
110/86/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
57/53/r
92/73/s
81/66/t
106/81/s
85/66/pc
96/74/s
88/69/pc
84/63/s
89/70/pc
82/66/t
90/73/pc
90/80/t
82/69/t
87/69/pc
87/69/t
91/77/pc
88/72/s
90/72/s
83/72/pc
92/72/pc
94/76/s
92/76/t
113/83/s
83/69/c
90/69/s
107/88/pc
87/66/pc
82/63/s
83/67/s
87/71/pc
90/60/t
90/61/s
87/69/pc
86/66/pc
101/62/s
89/73/pc
87/64/s
89/76/t
74/65/pc
77/58/s
85/59/s
91/60/s
86/73/t
75/57/r
88/72/pc
83/59/pc
87/68/s
91/78/t
101/78/t
94/74/pc
91/71/s
95/73/s
86/58/pc
109/82/s
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
60/53/r
92/74/t
86/67/t
107/82/s
85/66/t
89/67/t
93/74/s
83/63/s
90/70/s
84/70/t
92/75/s
89/79/t
84/72/t
81/68/t
90/70/pc
90/78/t
86/72/pc
88/71/pc
80/69/t
94/75/s
91/70/t
92/76/t
113/83/s
88/72/t
87/68/pc
107/86/pc
85/65/t
83/67/pc
85/68/pc
79/67/r
86/60/s
97/60/s
77/66/t
84/64/t
97/59/s
94/76/s
90/70/s
93/77/pc
74/65/pc
72/58/s
82/59/s
90/57/s
87/73/t
69/55/c
87/67/t
79/56/s
91/72/pc
90/78/t
101/77/t
96/77/s
84/70/pc
95/72/t
86/56/pc
108/80/s
107/89/0.00
78/56/0.41
84/61/0.00
73/54/0.05
75/58/0.00
90/77/0.15
93/79/0.00
102/79/Tr
68/46/0.00
82/59/0.00
75/61/0.06
72/63/0.00
81/75/0.00
61/36/0.00
66/53/0.00
91/75/0.02
94/77/0.00
90/76/0.08
90/79/0.06
70/46/0.02
66/47/0.00
85/80/0.43
100/78/0.00
93/76/0.00
81/59/0.00
82/63/0.00
65/61/0.67
65/54/0.65
107/84/s
72/57/t
86/65/pc
72/62/r
73/55/pc
90/79/t
93/81/t
96/80/sh
69/54/pc
86/64/pc
73/58/c
74/63/pc
84/68/s
66/37/c
70/53/c
93/74/pc
95/77/c
91/80/t
89/80/t
69/54/pc
69/46/s
86/80/r
95/82/s
92/79/pc
84/67/pc
72/59/pc
76/58/pc
59/54/r
108/85/s
72/56/t
82/65/t
82/64/pc
72/57/c
91/79/s
92/81/t
89/79/r
66/54/sh
81/63/t
71/57/sh
76/64/s
87/75/s
63/38/pc
71/53/pc
91/75/s
93/77/pc
92/79/t
90/78/t
64/55/r
67/51/s
86/78/r
92/84/s
90/79/r
82/66/t
67/58/r
83/66/pc
74/60/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 122°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: 34°
at Leadville, CO
Precipitation: 3.42"
at Lake City, FL
FIRE INDEX
Moderate
High
Moderate
High
Moderate
Mostly sunny and hot
TRAVEL WEATHER
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
68/56/0.00 67/57/pc 66/55/sh
La Grande
89/64/0.16 82/59/pc 87/57/pc
Portland
84/66/0.00 77/61/r
76/58/pc
Baker City
92/57/0.09 81/50/pc 88/54/s
La Pine
81/47/0.00 78/47/pc 83/49/s
Prineville
79/59/0.00 83/52/pc 83/55/s
Brookings
60/51/Tr
67/55/pc 67/54/pc
Medford
85/64/Tr
90/64/s 93/65/s
Redmond
84/57/0.09 81/52/pc 86/53/s
Burns
92/56/0.00 83/49/pc 89/53/s
Newport
61/52/0.34 62/50/sh 62/48/pc
Roseburg
79/64/0.00 87/63/sh 87/60/s
Salem
83/63/0.00 80/58/c 83/52/pc
Eugene
76/58/0.00 82/58/c 84/55/pc
North Bend
66/55/0.03 69/54/sh 68/54/pc
Klamath Falls
81/46/0.00 84/48/s 89/47/s
Ontario
100/67/0.03 90/62/s 93/67/s
Sisters
81/54/0.00 80/52/pc 82/54/s
Lakeview
81/44/0.00 83/47/pc 90/47/s
Pendleton
92/69/0.02 85/62/pc 85/56/s
The Dalles
82/74/0.03 82/66/pc 84/62/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-10s
98°
63°
The temperature near the
record of 100
Plenty of sunshine
Umatilla
88/65
Rufus
Hermiston
74/62
88/66
83/66
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
85/65
78/57 77/61
80/56
Wasco
81/53 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
79/51
80/64
85/62
Sandy
82/66
McMinnville
71/57
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
75/57
Maupin
Government
78/56
82/59
80/54
Camp
81/61 Condon 81/59
Union
Lincoln City
77/58
65/53
81/57
Salem
62/50
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
80/58
Madras
84/55
Albany
72/50
Newport
Baker City
82/55
83/55
Mitchell
62/50
77/56
81/50
WEST: Clouds and
Camp Sherman
80/55
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
a morning shower
77/53
81/52
75/55
Day
Prineville
61/49
79/51
Friday, then some
Ontario
Sisters
83/52
Paulina
82/54
90/62
afternoon sunshine.
Florence
Eugene 80/52
Bend Brothers 80/51
Vale
Partly sunny and cool 64/53
82/58
81/54
78/48
Sunriver
90/63
Saturday.
Nyssa
79/50
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
89/62
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
78/47
79/49
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
88/56
81/58
82/57
Fort
Rock
69/53
83/49
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
81/49
81/52
High: 100°
78/47
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Rome
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
64/52
87/63
82/50
81/54
Low: 44°
Marsh
Lake
83/53
Port Orford
80/47
83/49
at Lakeview
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
68/57
Pass
86/54
Chiloquin
84/47
92/63
Rome
Medford
82/46
Gold Beach
90/64
87/53
63/54
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
86/56
86/63
84/48
86/52
67/55
83/47
Seaside
66/56
Cannon Beach
65/56
THURSDAY
97°
61°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
541-683-1577
WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
WEDNESDAY
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Grasses
Low
TUESDAY
83°
55°
Not as warm but pleasant
with sunshine
Mostly sunny and nice
ALMANAC
MONDAY
75°
47°
84°
53°
Mainly clear
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SUNDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
73/52/0.01
102/79/0.00
59/48/0.13
117/90/0.00
93/82/0.20
91/74/0.04
90/81/0.00
73/57/0.09
66/47/0.04
74/68/0.37
55/48/0.00
93/78/0.32
106/84/0.00
88/57/0.04
91/81/0.00
64/57/1.05
70/55/0.05
72/55/0.02
70/45/0.00
85/82/2.41
93/75/0.00
92/73/0.00
68/46/0.00
66/61/0.00
82/63/0.00
69/55/0.11
97/63/0.00
90/82/0.11
71/57/sh
95/77/s
60/51/pc
114/87/s
92/79/t
92/72/s
92/82/s
77/61/pc
67/50/t
88/67/pc
68/55/pc
87/79/t
106/80/s
76/50/pc
90/79/t
64/54/sh
67/56/sh
74/56/t
78/48/s
90/83/t
85/73/t
89/75/s
73/47/s
65/61/pc
76/61/pc
67/58/sh
88/59/pc
90/81/t
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
TOKYO GAMES | WOMEN’S SOCCER
U.S. takes bronze, but there’s ‘some soul-searching’ ahead
the Tokyo roster was the oldest ever
for a U.S. Olympic soccer team. And
in the oppressive heat and humidity
of the Japanese summer, the players
looked at times every bit as old as their
passports say they are.
Nothing seemed to go right in these
Games for the Americans. They came
to Tokyo ranked No. 1 in the world,
having gone 2½ years since their last
loss and four years since they were last
shut out. Both streaks ended in the
first game, a 3-0 loss to Sweden.
Six days later the U.S. was blanked
again in a scoreless draw with Aus-
tralia and finished the group stage
with four points, fewest ever for a U.S.
women’s team in a major international
competition.
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher gave the
team a chance to salvage the tourna-
ment with a spectacular effort in the
quarterfinals, saving three penalty
shots — one in regulation and two in
a tie-breaking shootout — against the
Netherlands. But the U.S. lost her to a
hyperextended knee a half-hour into a
semifinal that Canada won on another
penalty kick, this one following a ques-
tionable foul call.
That performance — one win
in the first five games — led to two
team meetings last Tuesday, one with
coaches and one for players only, said
captain Becky Sauerbrunn.
“We just tried to clear the air and
try to figure out what was going on,”
she said.
Rapinoe, a month past her 36th
birthday, got things started with the
best goal of the Games, bending a cor-
ner kick over a leaping Lloyd and into
the side netting at the far post in the
eighth minute.
After Sam Kerr tied the score for
No. 9 Australia, Rapinoe put the U.S.
in front to stay in the 21st minute,
volleying a poor Australian clearance
into the roof of the net. Lloyd, who
turned 39 in Tokyo, made it 3-1 just
before halftime, running onto a Lind-
sey Horan feed in the box and blasting
a shot past Australian keeper Teagan
Micah.
Lloyd, playing in her 312th inter-
national game, second on the all-time
“There was a lot of stuff that went
into the decision (to sign with the
Seahawks), but it was just trying to
chase a championship.”
round out of Western Michigan. But
Eskridge is currently on the physically
unable to perform list with a toe injury.
“Me being a versatile player, I think
just being able to do a little bit of ev-
erything. I could be the ball carrier. I
can run routes. I can block, pass-pro,”
Everett said. “Just being able to do all
those things on a given play and not
being predictable would be one of the
main things for me.”
Everett also knows he’s playing for
job security. He’s on a one-year deal
in Seattle and fully aware a good sea-
son could mean a long-term deal and
a nice payday in the future, whether
with the Seahawks or elsewhere.
“Whether it’s a one-year deal or a
four-year deal you got to treat every
day the same,” Everett said. “As soon
as you get complacent that’s when you
find yourself out of the league.”
Seattle Seahawks tight end Gerald Everett makes a catch during practice Saturday in
Renton, Washington.
BY KEVIN BAXTER
Los Angeles Times
KASHIMA, Japan — If it’s possible
to put a positive exclamation point at
the end of an otherwise dismal tour-
nament, the U.S. women’s national
team did just that Thursday, finishing
the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 win
over Australia behind two goals each
from Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd.
The victory earned the women a
bronze keepsake of a tournament
they’d just as soon forget; a medal that
will hang like an albatross from the
necks of the Americans, because the
standards of the four-time World Cup
champions and five-time Olympic
gold medalists are so high.
But if it was the last competitive
game for some, they gave a perfor-
mance that was a worthy coda to a
remarkable era. It was a game that
brought back old times.
“That’s what happens. Come out
with a mentality, come away with
hardware,” Rapinoe said. “There was
some soul-searching to do. The biggest
thing that was missing was the men-
tality piece and just the team camara-
derie, fighting for one another.”
Lloyd was also mixed in her
thoughts.
“I probably never wanted to be go-
ing home as much as I do [from] this
trip,” Lloyd said. “It’s been a tough trip.
But we’re going away with bronze, so it
makes the journey worth it.”
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But even Everett finds himself
having questions now and then as
Waldron is trying to merge what he
brought from L.A. with what has
worked for Seattle in the past.
“I still have questions, too, just be-
cause it’s not the same stuff. We had to
rearrange some things,” Everett said.
“A lot of the stuff that we’re doing at
the Rams conceptually is the same, but
it’s different terminology. And defi-
nitely trying to incorporate some of
the Seahawks’ (offense), some of the
things that they did as well into mak-
ing it a collective thing.”
Everett had to share his role in Los
Angeles with Tyler Higbee. Last sea-
son, Everett had a career-high 41
catches for 417 yards but was rarely a
Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images/TNS
United States’ Megan Rapinoe, left, celebrates with teammate Kelley O’Hara after win-
ning the Olympic women’s bronze medal soccer match against Australia Thursday in
Kashima, Japan, Thursday.
— Gerald Everett, Seahawks tight end
red-zone target. Those opportunities
seemed to go to Higbee, who had five
TD catches to Everett’s one.
There is still likely to be some shar-
ing in Seattle but there’s also an oppor-
tunity for Everett to emerge as the No.
3 option behind Tyler Lockett and DK
Metcalf in Seattle’s passing game.
Having a consistent No. 3 pass-
catcher was a problem last season for
Seattle. They thought some of the is-
sue was resolved by drafting wide re-
ceiver D’Wayne Eskridge in the second
list, got her second goal six minutes
after the break, beating Micah with
a clinical finish. Lloyd’s 128th career
goal proved to be the game winner.
“We lost our way a little bit. I don’t
think it was one particular thing, but
maybe we needed this tournament to
go the way that it did for everybody to
realize how important that culture is,”
Lloyd said.
The last game was the best of the
tournament for both Lloyd and Rapi-
noe, two of the three oldest players on
the team. But it felt a bit like an aging
crooner playing his greatest hits one
last time: It brought back memories of
the good ol’ days while making it clear
those days are gone.
“It’s always kind of been in the back
of my mind,” Lloyd said of retirement.
“I haven’t made any official an-
nouncement. But obviously I am at the
tail end of my career.”
A reckoning also looms for Sauer-
brunn, 36.
“I’m going to get some time and
distance and perspective and a lot of
self-reflection and have some talks
with people that I really trust that are
going to tell me very honestly if I still
have it or not,” she said. “But I’m not
thinking about it tonight. It’s just about
the bronze and celebrating my team.”
If Thursday’s game proves to be the
last time the band plays together, it
ended with an encore performance, an
exclamation point that reminded us of
how good the group once was.
Ted S. Warren/AP