Playing Sweden in the Round of 16, the United States women's national team was eliminated Sunday from the Women's World Cup following a 5-4 penalty shootout loss.

The U.S. came into the tournament as the reigning back-to-back champions but was nixed in the earliest round in program history. It came in such poetic justice, too, as the ending result was extraordinarily close. In fact, it was so close that Lina Hurtig's winning penalty goal required VAR for confirmation after it barely crossed the line.

And to make their defeat even better, it also came after a missed penalty kick by Megan Rapinoe. Sophia Smith and Kelley O'Hara also missed penalty kicks but — let's be honest — Rapinoe missing one of the penalty kicks leading to a U.S. elimination is how her career ends?

It's such sweet, sweet poetic justice.