Mistakes cost US first-game chance

Marie Knutsen of Norway runs with the ball. (Photo credit: Yang Shiyao/Xinhua)China won 2-1 over Sweden in another game between two highly-rated teams. China's first goal came early too. At the sixth minute, China's striker Xu Yuan seized upon a deflection from the goalpost and scored. Swedish Lotta Schelin dribbled past China's goalkeeper Zhang Yanru at the 38th minute to goal and level the scores at 1-1. A powerful shot beyond the box from another Chinese striker Han Duan, curved past the Swedish defense and found the net, thus giving China a 2-1 victory.

A one-goal game between Nigeria and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) saw the DPRK come away with a first-game victory.