Women’s Soccer:
The Rio Olympics kicked off for the US on Wednesday with the women’s soccer team taking to the field to take on New Zealand. Riding an 11-match Olympic win streak the US scored early in the game, their earliest Olympic opening goal, through Carli Lloyd in the ninth minute. It was the third straight US Olympic goal scored by Lloyd after she had the brace to win the gold against Japan in 2012. The US had other chances throughout the first half but wouldn’t secure their second until the first minute of the second half when Alex Morgan secured the win. Hope Solo had the shutout in goal for the US. Tobin Heath and Morgan Brian picked up the assists on the two US goals.
First win of the #Olympics under us!! Time to prepare for #USAvFRA now! #USWNT
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) August 4, 2016
The other game in the US group saw France dominate Colombia 4-0. With both teams sitting on three points and likely to win their final games the matchup between the USA and France is almost surely for the top spot in the group. Those two last met in the Olympics in the group opener in 2012. The US was down 2-0 within 14 minutes but rallied for an incredible 4-2 win.
Boooooom Baaaabbbyyyy!!! One down more to go! Great win by the Gals today 💪🏼👊🏼🇺🇸⚡️🙋🏼🎉🔥. #riomode
— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) August 4, 2016
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Next US game:
Saturday, August 3rd – 4 PM ET – France – NBCSN
