In the group stage of the Olympics, the German women's soccer team was defeated by the U.S. women's soccer team 1:4. In the quarterfinals, the German women's soccer team struggled to advance past the Canadian women's soccer team after a penalty shootout.
Currently, the U.S. women's soccer team is ranked fifth in the world and the German women's soccer team is ranked fourth in the world.
The U.S. women's soccer team started in a 343 formation with three forwards in Sofia, Rose and Marioli, three forwards in Kristal, Samantha, Lindsay Holland and Trinity, three center backs in Tierna, Naomi and Emily, and goalkeeper Alyssa.
The German women's soccer team started with a 442 formation with Nicole and Julie as the forwards, including Clara, Jenna, Sauk, Sydney Roman, four defenders Felicitas, Marina, Kathrin Julia Hendrich, and Julia, and goalkeeper Ann Kathrin Berg.
The game started with both offenses and defenses.
In the third minute, the U.S. Women's Soccer team played an attacking move upfield and had a shot in the box parried by the German Women's Soccer goalkeeper.
In the sixth minute, Coffey took a shot from inside the box that was too square for the keeper to hold.
In the 20th minute, a left corner kick by the German women's soccer team went directly to the goal where the U.S. women's soccer team's keeper parried the ball away. The German women's soccer team's attackers tried to make up the shot, but they missed the kick.
The U.S. women's soccer team mounted a sustained attack in the 30th minute, with the eventual header remaining in the possession of the German women's soccer team's goalkeeper.
In the 62nd minute, Swanson took a long pass from a teammate and went through the keeper before his ensuing shot hit the side netting.
In the 73rd minute, Minger took a long shot from outside the box that was caught by the keeper.
A corner kick by the U.S. Women's Soccer Team was driven into the box in the 78th minute and Holland's header was held by the goalkeeper.
Swanson scored in the 85th minute but failed due to offside.
After a 90 minute battle in regular time, the teams battled to a 00 minute: 0 tie and went into overtime. In the 5th minute of overtime, Sophia Smith scored a goal for the U.S. Women's Soccer team, giving the U.S. Women's Soccer team a 1-0 lead over the German Women's Soccer team.
It was a killer goal! After twelve years, the U.S. women's soccer team is once again in the Olympic finals, where it will compete against the winner of the Brazilian and Spanish women's soccer teams!
