Kathleen McNamee explains why the Olympics are good for the USWNT, even though they don't have any gold. (1:02).The United States women's team beat Australia 4-3 in the Olympic bronze-medal match on Thursday. Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and both Megan Rapinoe scored braces.Lloyd broke records with 10 goals, becoming the USWNT's highest scorer at the Olympics and second-most-capped player with 312 appearances.Fixtures and brackets for the Women's Olympics soccer tournamentSam Kerr, the Matildas' all time top scorer, also scored her first-half goal. Caitlin Foord contributed a second for Australia.Emily Gielnik scored the winning goal in the final minutes of the game, setting up a tension-filled finish.The seven-goal thriller markedly differed from the game that took place between them on group stage, which ended in 0-0.Rapinoe, who stated that she was "gutted" to not be competing for the gold-medal medal during the week, opened the scoring after eight minutes of play with an Olimpico goal.Kerr scored one more to level the match at 17 minutes. Foord found Chelsea's star in plenty space. However, USWNT goalkeeper Adrianna Franzch was unable to get a touch of the ball as it fell under her and into the goal.The previous match between the sides ended 0-0. Atsushi Tomura/Getty ImagesRapinoe added her second goal on 21 minutes, after Australia's defender Alanna Kennedy failed in clearing the ball in the box. Instead of giving it to Rapinoe who volleyed it perfectly into Teagan Micah’s net.Lloyd scored her first goal with Lindsey Horan's assist. She completed her brace in 51 minutes, after Kennedy had made another mistake.The USWNT looked set to dominate the second half. However, Foord made it home to Australia 54 minutes later after Kyah Simon's cross to keep Vlatko andonovski on his side.Lloyd had the chance to score a hat-trick about 20 minutes before the match ended, but he was called offside. This is the 10th time that the USWNT has been offside in this tournament.Gielnik's brilliant strike in the 89th minute gave the Matildas the final chance to draw even, but they couldn't find an equalizer.
