Lindsey Horan. Photo: by Jan Kruger-FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

If the U.S. women don’t win the gold medal at this summer’s Olympics, it will mark the program’s longest stretch without a world championship title since winning the inaugural Women’s World Cup in 1991.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...