Trinity Rodman opens the scoring and Mallory Swanson adds two goals just moments apart in a 3-0 victory; Canada, Spain, Germany and Brazil also win
United States’ Mallory Swanson, left, reacts after teammate Trinity Rodman, right, scored a goal during a women’s group B match against Zambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Nice Stadium in Nice, France. NICE, France — Mallory Swanson scored a pair of goals just moments apart in the first half and the United States opened the Olympics with a 3-0 victory Thursday night over Zambia, giving new coach Emma Hayes a win in her first major tournament with the team.
Hayes is charged with leading the Americans as they seek to distance themselves from the disappointment of last summer’s Women’s World Cup, when they crashed out in the round of 16. Williams was originally an alternate on Hayes’ Olympic roster, but Catarina Macario wasn’t able to play in France because of minor knee irritation.While Zambia started stars Barbra Banda and Racheal Kundananji, neither of them was able to break through.
The Group A match in Saint-Etienne was controversial before the start when two Canada staffers were sent home early for their alleged involvement with drones that were reported over a pair of New Zealand’s practices. Playing in its first Olympics, Spain fell behind at La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes after Aoba Fumino’s brilliant long range free kick flew into the top corner in the 13th.
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