Canada and Sweden will play for their first-ever gold medal in women's soccer on Thursday night.
Canada reached the championship match of the Tokyo Olympics through its first victory over the United States in 20 years.
Sweden knocked off Australia to reach its second consecutive gold-medal contest. The Swedes fell to Germany in Rio de Janeiro five years ago.
Both programs have been highly competitive for years, but neither nation has a first-place finish at one of the two major tournaments to show for it. That will change for one squad in a few days.
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