The team returned to top form to make it to the podium.
The Tokyo Olympics were a tough tournament for Team USA, who entered Japan as the reigning World Cup champions and gold medal favorites. Instead, under first-year head coach Vlatko Andonovski, they failed to make the final for a second straight Olympics., ending a 44-game unbeaten streak. Their semi-final loss was their first defeat by Canada since 2001.
But it wasn’t enough. The Americans were able to hold them off and secure the bronze, their sixth Olympic medal. Tokyo may likely be the final Olympic tournament for both Rapinoe and Lloyd. Although neither has made an official announcement about retirement, Lloyd said she approached the bronze medal match as if it were her last tournament with the national team.Lloyd said to the media after the match
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