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U.S. women’s soccer proves it’s still an elite power, beating Brazil for Olympic gold

PARIS —

U.S. Soccer has been searching for a nickname for the dynamic trio of young forwards leading its women’s national team. Saturday it found one.

Olympic champions.

Mallory Swanson, one of that terrific trio, scored the game’s only goal 13 minutes into the second half to lift the U.S. over Brazil 1-0 in the gold-medal final of the Paris Games, giving the Americans their first Olympic title in 12 years and a record fifth championship in eight tries.

2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games