Starting XI: Alyssa Naeher, Crystal Dunn, Tierna Davidson, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Lindsey Horan, Julie Ertz, Rose Lavelle, Christen Press, Carli Lloyd, Lynn Williams
The United States started off their game against Sweden absorbing early pressure as Sweden came out kicking in a 3-4-3, getting bodies up in midfield and putting three to four players on the US back line.
The United States responded by looking for mistakes and pouncing. They pushed back and applied their high line of pressure on Sweden’s back line through their forwards when they could. But Sweden gave as good as they got for the entire half, doing some absorbing of their own while probing forward.