KASHIMA, Japan — If this was the last game at a major international tournament for Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd, they sure made it one to remember.
Rapinoe scored twice – including the rare olimpico – and Lloyd set the U.S. women’s record for most career Olympic goals as the U.S. women beat Australia 4-3 on Thursday to win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games. Lloyd’s goals, in stoppage time in the first half and in the 51st, gave her 10 total at the Olympics, passing Abby Wambach.
Though this was only the third time since the World Cup (1991) and Olympic (1996) tournaments began that the USWNT had failed to make the final, it at least avoided being shut out like it was in Rio, when it lost in the quarterfinals.