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The United States women’s team won the Olympics bronze medal in women’s soccer with Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd scoring two goals each in a 4-3 win over Australia in Kashima on Thursday.
Rapinoe fired the U.S. ahead in the eighth minute direct from a corner and then doubled the advantage with a fine volley after a woeful attempted clearance from Alanna Kennedy.
Sam Kerr pulled one back for Australia in the 17th minute, her 48th for the Matildas making her their all-time top scorer.
Lloyd then scored either side of halftime to make it 4-1 before a Caitlin Foord header for Australia brought them back into the match. Substitute Emily Gielnik added a third with a long-range effort in the 90th minute but it was not enough.
Sweden and Canada meet in the gold medal game today.
