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Olympic Soccer 2021: USWNT Loses in Semifinal; Canada vs. Sweden Final Set

The United States women's national soccer team suffered its first loss to Canada in 20 years on Monday morning.

The loss took the Americans out of gold-medal contention at the Tokyo Olympics. They will play Australia for the bronze medal.

Canada, who won back-to-back bronze medals, will take on Sweden for first place in the tournament. Both squads will be after their first-ever gold medal in women's soccer.

Sweden made the gold-medal match five years ago in Rio de Janeiro, but it came up short against Germany.

The Swedes produced their fifth victory in five games in the second semifinal against Australia thanks to an early goal in the second half.