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USA wins close match over Sweden

Sweden - USA 0-1 (0-1)
Sweden: Hedvig Lindahl - Frida Östberg (69 Anna Paulson), Sara Larsson (18 Stina Segerström), Charlotte Rohlin (53 Karolina Westberg), Sara Thunebro - Nilla Fischer - Jessica Landström (74 Johanna Almgren), Caroline Seger (69 Lisa Dahlkvist), Therese Sjögran - Lotta Schelin (59 Hanna Ljungberg), Victoria Svensson
USA: Hope Solo (46 Nicole Barnhart) - Heather Mitts (46 Rachel Buehler), Kate Markgraf, Christie Rampone, Lori Chalupny - Heather O'Reilly (81 Aly Wagner), Shannon Boxx, Carli Lloyd, Lindsay Tarpley (63 Angela Hucles) - Natasha Kai (81 Amy Rodriguez), Abby Wambach
Goals: 0-1 Carli Lloyd (39)

Sweden's head coach Thomas Dennerby declared after the match that he, in spite of the narrow loss, was very pleased with his team's performance: ”I'm really pleased with all the players today”.
USA never managed to take charge in the match, where Sweden played a very aggressive defensive high in the field. The first half showed good play from both sides with fast turns and good combinations in attack. USA's goal came from one of fairly few good chances from their side, as Sweden's maybe not quite coordinated defense let Carli Lloyd travel through the area unattacked. Her shot touched a Swedish defender and the changed direction caught Hedvig Lindahl on the wrong side. The match slowed down somewhat in the second half, as the American side seemed less attacking minded and more concerned of holdning on to their lead. Maybe a bit of travel fatigue?
Therese Sjögran was without doubt Sweden's player of the match, intelligent and composed, always dangerous on set pieces. She just lacked a bit of power and accuracy in front of goal. Lotta Schelin still didn't seem fully recovered from her early season injuries, but showed good initiatives. When she was traded for Hanna Ljungberg after about 60 minutes, Sweden's attack lost some of it's strength.
Dennerby used all his six possible substitutions and tried out all his defenders, probably in a last minute effort to decide which of the seven players to drop when he announces the player roster for the Olympic games Sunday evening. I don't know if it helped that much – all did well even if Sara Larsson had to leave early with a thigh muscle contusion. On the outsides Frida Östberg and Sara Thunebro did well, defensively but in particular in the attack.

Match pictures in tonight's SVT sports news, 10 min 29 into the clip. Including a couple of botched Sjögran opportunities. Schelin would have scored on those.

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