Alex Morgan in for Rodriguez to start the second half, the U.S.' first sub.
She wins a corner on her first touch but the U.S. can't do much with it.
The Swedish goalkeeper makes a mess of a save on a long shot but there aren't any U.S. players close enough to take advantage of it.
Cheney shoots over again. In the first half, Ian Darke and Julie Foudy (ESPN's annoucners) raved about how she always puts her chances on goal. That hasn't been happening today for her, guess they jinxed it.
Rapinoe beats a defender down the side and forces a save, Shannon Boxx gets the rebound but skies it over. The U.S. appears nervous, not sure why since they're already down 2-0. What is there to be afraid of?
Fishcher shoots wide, Sweden is looking like the better team even though they're ranked No. 5 and the U.S. is No. 1.
Cox on for Le Peilbert. Nightmare game for the U.S. defender as she gave up the PK and then had the deflection for the second Swedish goal.
Yellow card for Fischer. Lloyd takes the free kick, it's a hard shot but right at the Sweden goalkeeper who juggles it but makes the save.
Sweden has never beat the U.S. in World Cup play.
Long free kick by the U.S. is punched out by Sweden's goalkeeper.
Morgan wins another corner kick. U.S. has to get a goal soon, time is running out. 25 minutes and change remaining.
There we go, my girl Wambach finally gets on the scoresheet. She went up for the header on the corner but it went off her shoulder. Classic Wambach goal, she beat multiple defenders. (2-1 Sweden in the 67th minute).
Cheney has a chance to tie it but her header is way wide. Suddenly, the U.S. has some life.
10 career goals in World Cup for Wambach, 2nd all-time for U.S.
Kelley O'Hara in for Rapinoe. Her first CAP for the U.S. That's the last U.S. sub.
Dahlkvist is out, Hammarstrom is on (first Swedish sub).
Terrible call by the referee giving Sweden a goal kick when it clearly went off their player and should have been a U.S. corner.
Haha Darke and Foudy already start looking ahead to U.S. vs. Brazil even though there's probably 10 minutes left in this one and the U.S. only needs one more goal.
Yikes. Cheney finds O'Hara wide open in the box but she misses badly. Should have been a goal. I know it's her first CAP but if you want to play with the big girls, you gotta make some plays. That'll probably be their last chance.
Final: Sweden 2, U.S. 1
Sweden plays Australia on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. while the U.S. meets Brazil at 11 a.m.
The U.S. should have done better overall in this match that they only had to tie. Going down 2-0 in the first half was predictably too much to overcome. Both goals were their own fault and they should have scored a few more times than they did. Sweden is a good team though and they earned the three points and Group C title.
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