Despite a late push, she could not help her side finally overcome a USWNT in a gold medal match.
After a cagey first half of today’s final, Swanson finally found space beyond the back line to break open a deadlocked match.
It was a sequence worth of winning a gold medal and a fine way to mark a player’s 100th cap.
But now, with a gold medal tucked under her arm, she definitely has the cachet to make whatever changes she wants.
Hayes led the U.S. to its fifth Olympic gold medal.
Persons:
Mallory Swanson, Korbin Albert, Swanson, Lorena, Marta, Ludmila, Seleção, Lindsey Horan, Alyssa Naeher, Jeff Rueter, Steph Yang, Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman, Smith, Rodman, Carl Recine, Albert, IT'S MALLORY SWANSON, ike, oster, oots,, ince, ade, aris G ames., alf, hroughout, razil, inger, ong, unger, hape, hird, ames, ike H, J ane C ampbell,
Organizations:
U.S, women’s, Brazil, Triple, Getty, Portland Thorns, TEAM USA, FIRST, ust, aris G, eff
Locations:
U.S, Brazil, Brazilian, —, jubilation, arta