Hello, Meg here, and you're listening to Full Time with Meg Linahan, a show all about women's soccer on the Athletic Podcast Network.

It is Thursday, and the U.S. women's national team has just defeated Australia

four to three to win the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Steph Young, as always, is here

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So that ended in a fashion that was maybe more interesting than it needed to be.

But really, I guess it is kind of fitting considering this entire tournament and how we have

suffered that we did deserve a no defense,

just vibes game. That's what we got. I mean, seven goals, one of them was pretty late,

and, you know, the United States goes into five in the back to hold on to the lead.

It was very, if I had to be awake at 4 a.m., at least they gave me that.

They gave us chaos.

It's not a bad thing.

Yeah.

I feel a little bad for Australia.

You could see, like, Caitlin Ford and some others were really having a sharp word for the ref at the end, because she just blew.

She just blew for full time.

Like, they should have gotten a corner kick.

Play had stopped and she's like, nah, that's enough.

Even though there was an injury and stoppage that should have added probably at least another

30 seconds, maybe a minute.

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