Mallory Swanson scored the U.S.’s only goal as the women’s soccer team won its first Olympic gold medal in 12 years.
Mallory Swanson is coming back to Chicago with an Olympic gold medal as she scored the game-winning goal for the U.S. women’s national team against Brazil on Saturday in France.Earlier this week Dansby Swanson told reporters that Mallory’s play at the Olympics had made him “cry.
” "The amount of times she's pretty much made me cry over the last two weeks watching her is pretty ridiculous. Just so proud of her,” he said. The goal she scored in the gold medal game was her fourth of the tournament and it broke a 0-0 tie with Brazil. The match was closing in on the 57th minute when she ran down a long pass at the top of the penalty area and then kicked it past the Brazilian goalkeeper to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead.The goal was reviewed as Brazil felt Swanson may have been offsides, but the goal was upheld. The goal came in Swanson’s 100th career cap, or international game. The U.S. defense made sure it was the only goal it needed to claim its first gold medal in 12 years. The team last won gold in 2012 in London and has the most medals in the sport . But the U.S. missed the medal round in 2016 in Rio and won bronze in Tokyo in 2020. The win was even sweeter for Mallory, as he missed last year’s World Cup after she suffered a patella tendon injury in a friendly. When she comes back to Chicago she’ll resume her career with the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL. She is the league’s highest-paid player after she signed a four-year deal worth $400,000 per year, with a fifth-year option that could help her make $2 million. Recently, she and the Red Stars played the first NWSL game ever at Wrigley Field. Dansby Swanson said that one of the reasons Chicago was a city he was interested in during free agency was that Mallory was playing soccer with the Red Stars. He signed a seven-year, $177 million deal with the Cubs before the 2023 season. Entering Saturday’s game with the White Sox is he batting .230/.300/.356/.656 with nine home runs and 37 RBI. The two-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner won a World Series ring with Atlanta in 2021.Matthew Postins is an award-winning sports journalist who covers the Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros for Sports Illustrated/FanNation. He also covers he Big 12 for Heartland College Sports.
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