USA 2 Sweden 1
Olympic Games
Florida Citrus Bowl; Orlando, Fla.
Attendance: 28,000
1996.07.23
 
Scoring Summary
 
  1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
SWE 0 1 1
 
USA Tisha Venturini 15'
USA Shannon MacMillan 62'
SWE Own Goal (Carla Overbeck) 64'
 
Lineups
 
Head Coach: Tony DiCicco.
 
SWE: 1-Annelie Nilsson, 2-Cecilia Sandell (3-Asa Jakobsson, 67), 4-Annika Nessvold, 5-Kristin Bengtsson, 7-Pia Sundhage, 8-Marlin Swedberg, 9-Malin Andersson, 10-Ulrika Kalte (14-Maria Kun, 85), 11-Lena Videkull, 13-Camilla Svensson-Gustafsson, 15-Julia Carlsson (16-Hanna Ljungberg, 56).
Subs Not Used: 6-Anna Pohjanen, 12-Ulrika Karlsson, 17-Eva Larsson, 18-Asa Lonnqvist, 19-Pernilla Bowall, 20-Anneli Wahlgren.
Head Coach: Bengt Simonson.
 
Misconduct Summary
 
SWE Cecilia Sandell (caution) 59'
SWE Annika Nessvold (caution) 87'
 
Officials
 
Referee: Bente Skogvang
Asst. Referee #1: Dramane Dante
Asst. Referee #2: Maria Rodriguez
Fourth Official: Claudia Vasconcelos
 
Notes:
With the 2-1 victory over Sweden and their opening 3-0 blanking of Denmark, the USA claimed a berth in the Olympic semifinals prior to their final opening round game against China on 1995.07.25.
 
Mia Hamm sprained her left ankle in the 81st minute upon colliding with Swedish goalkeeper Annelie Nilsson as she attempted to get her head on a cross. Hamm crawled off the field and was replaced by Carin Gabarra in the 85th minute.