U.S. women's soccer shuts out Brazil, wins first Olympic gold since 2012

Mallory Swanson scored in the 57th minute and Alyssa Naeher made four saves to lead the U.S. women's national team to its fifth Olympics gold medal with a 1-0 victory against Brazil in Paris on Saturday. While the gold medal was its first since 2012, the U.S. also has a silver and a bronze in the eight Olympic tournaments. The only time the U.S. did not medal came in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Naeher made a spectacular leaping save with her right hand in the 90+4 minute on a header by Adriana to preserve the win. On the Swanson goal, Brazilian defender Thais gave away the ball to Korbin Albert at midfield and she fed a through ball to Swanson to start the break. Sophia Smith was offside but she wisely stayed out of the play, and she and Swanson moved toward the goal with no defend…