To state the obvious: The U.S. women's national team got off to a nightmare start at the Olympics with a 3–0 loss to Sweden. However, the silver lining is that there's plenty yet to be done about it.
Sweden continued to haunt the USWNT at the Olympics. After eliminating the U.S. from the quarterfinals in 2016, the first time the USWNT had failed to medal, Sweden routed the U.S. behind two goals from Stina Blackstenius.
With its first loss since Jan. 2019, the USWNT saw its 44-match unbeaten streak come to an end while Vlatko Andonovski suffered his first loss as U.