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The U.S. girls’s nationwide soccer group was on a mission in Paris to make a comeback, and on Saturday within the Olympic gold medal match in opposition to Brazil, they succeeded.
National Women’s Soccer League star Mallory Swanson broke by way of greater than 60 minutes of scoreless motion to place the Americans on the board with 1-0 lead, overshadowing Brazil’s dominant play within the first half of their contest.
Team USA gamers rejoice the opening aim scored by Mallory Swanson within the girls’s gold medal match in opposition to Brazil throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics on the Parc des Princes in Paris on August 10, 2024. (ONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP through Getty Images)
The aim rapidly modified the momentum for the American squad. The U.S. improved its possession, giving method to extra alternatives from Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman. Team USA’s protection did their half to close down a pissed off Brazil.
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Brazil’s finest probability got here early within the first half when two-time Olympian Ludmila discovered the again of the web, however the aim was rapidly waved off after an offsides name.
Saturday’s loss on the 2024 Paris Olympics marks the third time that Brazil has misplaced a gold medal match to the U.S. Brazil has by no means received Olympic gold in girls’s soccer.
Mallory Swanson of the United States celebrates scoring a aim in opposition to Brazil within the second half of the ladies’s gold medal match on August 10, 2024. (Brad Smith/ISI/Getty Images)
By distinction, the USWNT has prolonged the Olympic document with their fifth gold medal title. It marks their first because the 2012 Olympic Games in London. They received their first gold within the sports activities debut on the 1996 Games in Atlanta, and once more in 2004 and 2008.
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