Two goals each from the veterans Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd gave the US Olympic bronze in a scintillating 4-3 defeat of Australia
There are few players you would expect to grab a second career Olympic goal direct from a corner but few players rise to challenges like Rapinoe on the biggest stages. After the team’s bruising semi-final defeat by Canada she had said the players had struggled to play with joy. “Football always needs joy,” she reflected.
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