4 Time Olympic Champions, USA, Suffer Defeat In Tokyo.

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Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 1:01pm

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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They lost 3-0 to Sweden.

Four-time Olympic champions the United States suffered a first defeat in 45 matches.

They lost 3-0 to Sweden in their opening Group G game of the women's football tournament in Tokyo.

The US hadn’t lost since going down 3-1 to France in a friendly in January 2019.

They'll face New Zealand and Australia in their next two group games.

Sweden hammers the US women's national team 3-0 in their Olympic soccer opener https://t.co/9hsVeMQDKW

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 21, 2021

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