The US Women’s Soccer team needed to tie with Sweden in order to avoid playing Brazil in the quarterfinals, but fell 2-1 on July 6. This was their fourth loss since November and first ever as a group at the World Cup. In order to stay within the World Cup, the US Women’s Soccer team needs to beat Brazil.

During the game, Lisa Dahlkvist changed a penalty and Nilla Fischer scored on a free kick for Sweden. They will play Australia on July 10 in Augsburg.

Abby Wambach was able to score her first goal of the tournament, but there efforts and the efforts of her teammates were not enough to win the game for the U.S.

The team had beaten their first two World Cup opponents, North Korea and Columbia, before losing to Sweden on Wednesday.

However, Brazil was the runner-up to the U.S. at the last two Olympics and in the 2007 World Cup. They are also led by five-time FIFA player of the year, Marta Vieira da Silva. She scored two goals and assisted a third in her team’s successful match with Norway on July 5.

Despite Brazil’s successful reputation, the members of the US Women’s Soccer team are still confident in their skills.

“Brazil is definitely a great team to play against. We’ll have to get past them at some point to win the tournament, but now we may be going in a different path and playing them a little bit earlier,” Team Captain and defender Christie Pearce Rampone said on the US Soccer Website.

If the U.S. wins against Brazil on Sunday, they go to the semifinals where they will play either England or France.

“I think the U.S. will do really well because they are particularly strong this year and have a lot of good players,” rising junior Christina Uglietta said.

The game between the U.S. and Brazil will be broadcasted from Germany on ESPN at 11 a.m. on July 11.