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Rapinoe and Lloyd fire U.S. to soccer bronze medal

Carli Lloyd (left) of the United States celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Megan Rapinoe (center) of the United States and Christen Press of the United States in the women’s soccer against Australia at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki in Japan on
Carli Lloyd (left) of the United States celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Megan Rapinoe (center) of the United States and Christen Press of the United States in the women’s soccer against Australia at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki in Japan on
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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.

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