It was after the second period, and a Swedish deficit of 0-4, that the boos and whistles came from sections of a sold-out Globen, 12,530 spectators.
We didn't play well. Of course, it's always sad when you get booed at home. It's not something you want to experience, says Backlund.
The captain Rasmus Andersson says he never heard the boos.
No one will be more disappointed and frustrated than us in the group, so the fans' frustration...we are even more angry, sad, and frustrated.
He chooses to take responsibility for Tre Kronor coming out so pale in the first period against a tagged USA.
Somewhere it falls on me as captain that we get such a bad start. I should have tried to push even harder, shown the way more on the ice. If the team isn't ready, it falls on me as captain. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that we messed up, says Rasmus Andersson.
It was the second year in a row that Tre Kronor fell apart in a semifinal.
Last year against the Czech Republic, it was 3-7, now 2-6.
It's clear that you have the right to express yourself. They've been there and supported us in every match. It's clear that we're not satisfied, we know that we're not playing well, so it doesn't come as a surprise in that sense, says Mika Zibanejad about the fans' reaction.
