The USA play Group A winner Sweden in the championship game on Thursday at 4 p.m. local time / 12:30 p.m. ET at Akureyrarvollur Stadium in Akureyri. 

Post game quotes

U.S. National Team Head Coach Chris Petrucelli

We controlled the ball and pace of the game in the first half. We felt pretty good about the way we were playing.  We were still tied, and we knew a tie would get us through, but we were very confident going into the second half especially as we had the wind at our backs.

It's been an outstanding team performance so far. We were basically in the toughest group and the players have dominated it.   The big thing for us is that everyone has stepped up.  A number of people have scored goals and our back four has been really good.  The few times they have gotten in, Barnie has been great.

Natasha Kai

The competition in this tournament is really good, but we've been in China and Brazil and faced some great teams, so that really prepared us for the Nordic Cup.

Jill Oakes

It was pretty crazy in the first half, because everyone was trying to figure out how to deal with the wind. We had to be prepared for their long balls to go flying over us.  A ball could go in any direction at any moment.  We couldn't hit any long balls and we had to try to possess the ball through then, which we did, and got some chances, but we couldn't capitalize.  In the second half, we took over, picked up the pace and played like we wanted to.  With the wind in the second half, we could be more versatile.

I think the team is in a good state of mind. We are really confident and focused and that confidence will be a big factor in the final.  We know we can win if we play the way have been so it's just a matter of going out and doing that.