Sophia Smith had had the chance to win the match for the four-times champion Americans but blasted the ball over the bar.
Sweden goalkeeper Zecira Musovic emerged as the hero, having kept the Scandinavians in the match, making 11 saves before the shootout to deny the Americans.
We took it to extra time, we took it to penalties and we managed to win."
For it to go to penalties and to end in that fashion, with the confusion at the end."
Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Nick Mulvenney and Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Sweden's Lina Hurtig, Read, Lina Hurtig, Alyssa Naeher, Sophia Smith, Zecira Musovic, Magda Eriksson, Vlatko Andonovski, Sofia Jakobsson, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Rapinoe, Sweden's Nathalie Bjorn, Naeher, Rebecka, Smith's, Magdalena Eriksson, Kelley Ohara, pinging, Hurtig, Ian Ransom, Nick Mulvenney, Ed Osmond
Organizations:
Soccer Football, FIFA, United, Thomson
Locations:
New Zealand, Sweden, United States, Melbourne, Australia, MELBOURNE, U.S, France, Canada