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Women’s Olympic Football: Final

The women have made this an unforgettable tournament, and it has been a pleasure to watch this Olympic competition because of their level of play. Unfortunately it had to end, but women’s football couldn’t have gone out on a better note in this tournament than with a 2011 World Cup rematch featuring the two best sides in the world. It’s obvious the U.S. and Japan teams have great respect for each other, but there could only be one gold medal winner, and this time it was the United States getting their revenge with a 2-1 win. It was an extraordinary game, with such class, ability and excitement. Congrats to both teams!

Earlier in the day Canada and France played for the bronze, with Canada winning 1-0 in the dying seconds in a reversal of their heartbreaking semifinal loss. It’s a shame any of the four teams had to leave with nothing, but France showed their football prowess this year to the world and had a great tournament. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Final and Third Place Match Results:

• Gold Medal: United States
• Silver Medal: Japan
• Bronze Medal: Canada
• Fourth Place: France

Women’s Olympic Football: Quarterfinals

With all quarterfinal games having been played, we have the four teams set that will battle it out for the three available medals. All four teams are extremely strong and you can’t count any of them out to win the gold, although most will likely be expecting a United States vs. Japan rematch of last year’s World Cup. The semifinal games will be played on August 6th.

Quarterfinal Results:

• Sweden 1-2 France
• United States 2-0 New Zealand
• Brazil 0-2 Japan
• Great Britain 0-2 Canada

Semifinal Match-ups:

• France vs. Japan
• Canada vs. United States

Women’s Olympic Football: Matchday 3

With the group stages done, we now know who advances to the quarterfinals. From Group E, Great Britain, Brazil and New Zealand move on. From Group F, Sweden, Japan and Canada all advance. And from Group G, the United States and France make the knockout stages. All four quarterfinal games will be played on August 3rd. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 3 Results:

• Great Britain 1-0 Brazil
• New Zealand 3-1 Cameroon
• Canada 2-2 Sweden
• Japan 0-0 South Africa
• France 1-0 Colombia
• United States 1-0 North Korea

Quarterfinal Match-ups:

• Sweden vs. France
• United States vs. New Zealand
• Brazil vs. Japan
• Great Britain vs. Canada

Women’s Olympic Football: Matchday 2

After today’s results, Brazil, Great Britain and the United States have all reached the quarterfinals based on their points total, in a day in which there were no games where both teams scored. The top two teams points-wise from each group will advance to the knockout stages, but the two best third-place teams also move on, ensuring that the final group matchday on July 31st should be great to watch. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 2 Results:

• New Zealand 0-1 Brazil
• Great Britain 3-0 Cameroon
• Japan 0-0 Sweden
• Canada 3-0 South Africa
• United States 3-0 Colombia
• France 5-0 North Korea

Women’s Olympic Football: Matchday 1

Well, that was an insane opener. The U.S. came back from two goals down to beat France, Brazil crushed Cameroon, the host nation got a win, and North Korea walked off the pitch before their game began due to the South Korean flag being displayed on the tv screen instead of their own. If these matches were any indication, we’re in for a great tournament. Women’s play resumes on Saturday, July 28th. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 1 Results:

• Great Britain 1-0 New Zealand
• Cameroon 0-5 Brazil
• Japan 2-1 Canada
• Sweden 4-1 South Africa
• United States 4-2 France
• Colombia 0-2 North Korea