Results: Olympics (Women's Soccer, Matchday 1)
- by Soccer America , Jul 22, 2021
Group E Great Britain 2 Chile 0. (Goals: White 18, 73.)
Japan 1 Canada 1. (Goals: Iwabuchi 84; Sinclair 6.)
Group F Brazil 5 China 0. (Goals: Marta 9, 74, Debinha 22, Andressa pen. 82, Beatriz 89.)
Netherlands 10 Zambia 3. (Goals: Miedema 9, 15, 29, 59, Martens 14, 38, Van de Sanden 44, Roord 64, Beerensteyn 75, Pelova 80; Banda 19, 82, 83.)
Group G Sweden 3 USA 0. (Goals: Blackstenius 25, 54, Hurtig 72.)
Australia 2 New Zealand 1. (Goals: Yallop 20, Kerr 33; Rennie 90+1.)
It was nice to see that teams like the Netherlands and Brazil didn't do ridiculous celebrations of goals against overmatched teams. You could see the joy on the players faces, but they didn't rub it in. Also nice to see that older players like Sinclair and Marta still have it!