Tokyo: A pair of goals from the Swedish forward Stina Blackstenius spelled disaster for the US Women’s National Team on Wednesday, when the Olympic gold medalist four-time suffered a 3-0 surprised defeat in their Tokyo 2020 debut.
Sweden fifth place put pressure on almost immediately with three shots in the first eight minutes, while the Olympic gold medalist four times showed a little sign of unbeaten Stellar that they have enjoyed since 2019.
Blackstenius converted in 25 minutes, skyrocketing the header in the past US goalkeeper Alysssa Naeher with help from Sofia Jakobsson.
The goalkeeper has five rescue in the first round as the dominant Swedish forward line transmitted American defense.
The addition of Veteran midfielder Julie Ertz did not revive the US in the second half, because BlackStenius scored in the 54th minute, and Lina Hurtig midfielder stacked more pain to hate the second part in the second round.
The match was private for the USA team: Sweden with the famous knock the winner of the World Cup four times from the Olympic tournament at the penalty in the quarter-finals in 2016.
But they hoped a lot of revenge in front of 48,000 empty seats in the Tokyo stadium did not become.
The next United States faces New Zealand, while Sweden plays Australia in the group stage on Saturday.