The U.S. women's soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 on Colorado's Mallory Swanson’s early second-half goal in the tournament final Saturday at the Paris Games.
PARIS — The U.S. women's soccer team won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 on Colorado's Mallory Swanson ’s early second-half goal in the tournament final Saturday at the Paris Games .The Americans, who hadn't won gold since the 2012 London Olympics, closed out an undefeated run to the title in their first international campaign under new coach Emma Hayes.
But she started the match on the bench after a two-game suspension for a hard foul on Spain’s Olga Carmona in the team’s final group match.Hayes was named coach of the U.S. back in November but she didn’t join the team until May so she could finish out the season with Chelsea — guiding the Women’s Super League squad to its fifth straight title.Hayes was tasked with turning around a U.S. team that crashed out of last summer’s Women’s World Cup earlier than ever before.
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