USA Women Fall to Sweden

Not a great start to 2011 for the U.S. Women's National team as they dropped their first game of the Four Nation's Tournament to Sweden 2-1. Carli Lloyd got the Americans on the board first with a brilliant header in the 11th minute off a corner from Lauren Cheney, but Sweden bounced right back with goals from Stina Segerström in the 16th minute and Kosovare Asllani in the 61st minute for the win. It was the first time Sweden had defeated the United States since 2004. The two teams are slated to play each other this summer at the World Cup. Both teams were missing their top attackers as Abby Wambach (USA) and Lotta Schelin (SWE) both did not appear in this one. Wambach had a pair of goals the last time these teams met. In the day's other game, Canada beat China 3-2 despite a pair of goals from You Jia. The U.S. takes on Canada on Sunday and then China on Tuesday to round out the tournament.