The Americans, World Cup winners in 2019, had gone into the Games as heavy favourites for gold but after some underwhelming displays were beaten by Canada in the semi-finals.
Rapinoe fired the US ahead in the eighth minute direct from a corner which Aussie keeper Teagan Micah flapped at. Rapinoe restored the Americans’ advantage with a fine volley after a woeful attempted clearance from Alanna Kennedy looped across the box to the grateful forward. Another defensive error from Kennedy, this time a weak head back towards her keeper, gifted Lloyd her second which she slipped between Micah’s legs to make it 4-1 in the 51st minute.
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