The United States women’s national soccer team continues group play at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday with a match against Australia. It is the third and final group stage game for the Americans, who beat Zambia 3-0 to start the tournament before dominating Germany 4-1. USA’s big three of Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith have been producing big results so far in this tournament and look to keep that up today.
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The U.S. and Australia kick off at 1 p.m. ET.
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Coach Emma Hayes will trot out the same starting lineup – with the exception of Emily Sonnett for Tierna Davidson – as she has for the first two Games of the Olympics.
The U.S. will have to navigate this one with center back Tierna Davidson, who will be out with a leg contusion she suffered in the previous game against Germany.
Davidson exited just before halftime and was replaced by Emily Sonnett. Her absence was noticeable, as she and Naomi Girma are the defensive forces in the middle in front of keeper Alyssa Naeher.
Alternate Emily Sams will replace her on the 18-person roster. Croix Bethune remains part of the matchday squad in place of Jaedyn Shaw, who has not been available all Games due to a leg injury.
The Aussies posted six goals in a 6-5 victory over Zambia on Sunday. They trailed 5-2 at one point but scored four unanswered, including one in the 90th minute to escape with a win.
Since there are only 12 women’s teams in the tournament, two of the three third-place teams in their respective groups will advance to the quarterfinals. Given that, Australia will have plenty to play for and will do its best to manage the United States’ scoring to control the goal differential tiebreaker.
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