USWNT vs. Germany live score, result, updates from USA women's soccer in 2024 Olympics semifinal

Aiming for a return to global prominence after the disappointment of last summer, the U.S. women's national team is 90 minutes away from a spot in the gold-medal match as they meet Germany in the semifinals of the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday.

Having romped through the group stage with ease, with a dominant 4-1 win over Germany included in the mix, the USWNT started the knockout stage with a much tougher challenge. Only Trinity Rodman's extra-time heroics saw the United States past Japan 1-0 in the quarterfinals, giving them a strong shot at a medal.

Germany have been strong aside from the group-stage slip against the USA, but needed penalties to slide past Canada in the quarterfinals. After a scoreless draw, goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger made two saves in the shootout before depositing the decisive penalty herself.

The winner of this match will take on the victor from the other semifinal, as Brazil meet reigning Women's World Cup champions Spain.

The Sporting News is following the USWNT vs. Germany match live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

USWNT vs. Germany score

Kickoff: 6 p.m. local (12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT)
Location: Groupama Stadium (Lyon, France)
Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (MAR)

Starting lineups:

USA (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Naeher (GK) — 2. Fox, 4. Girma, 12. Davidson (Sonnett, 46'), 7. Dunn — 10. Horan, 17. Coffey, 16. Lavelle (L. Williams, 60') — 5. Rodman, 11. S. Smith, 9. Swanson.

Germany (4-4-2, right to left): 12. Berger (GK) — 15. Gwinn, 3. Hendrich, 5. Hegering, 19. Rauch — 16. Brand, 6. Minge, 8. Lohmann, 17. Buhl — 21. Anyomi, 9. Nusken.

USWNT vs. Germany live updates, results, highlights from 2024 Olympics semifinal

86th min: Chance, USA! Mallory Swanson puts the ball in the back of the net but she was flagged as offside on the feed! Replay shows she was quite clearly off.

85th min: Mal Swanson runs a breakaway attack but overcooks a vertical through-ball for Sophia Smith and the chance disappears. Everyone is so tired.

79th min: Chance, USA! A USA corner is kept alive by headers from Sam Coffey and Naomi Girma before Lindsey Horan directs a header of her own on goal, but it's stopped by Ann-Katrin Berger!

77th min: Now Marina Hegering goes down with an injury, and she'll need to be replaced as the trainer signals to the bench for a substitution.

All players from both teams are clearly suffering from exhaustion. Everyone is extremely tired, and it's effecting the quality of the match, which has devolved somewhat.

68th min: There's a hydration break for the players as Nicole Anyomi goes down with a cramp after making a long counter-attacking run that fizzles out when her entry feed is cut out by Naomi Girma.

62nd min: Chance, USA! Mallory Swanson has a glorious chance to take the lead but can't find the target, putting her shot into the side netting! Swanson is threaded in by Naomi Girma and rounds the goalkeeper, and from a tight but manageable angle she looks to thread the ball past two defenders and into the open net, but can't finish the chance!

The flag was up for offside on the delivery, so it may well not have counted anyways, but what an opportunity flashing by!

59th min: The U.S. will make a substitution as Rose Lavelle will exit and be replaced by Lynn Williams. The change was in question for a moment as Trinity Rodman was down in some pain, but she gets up gingerly without needing treatment, making a point to the official about Germany's continued fouling. The alteration moves Mallory Swanson into midfield as Williams enters the attack.

56th min: Germany has taken solid control of this match, and the U.S. is having a hard time dictating possession or tempo. Giulia Gwynn has a go from distance and puts her low shot wide of the frame.

49th min: Germany have started brightly in this second half, with Jule Brand a dangerous attacking threat. The U.S. has defended against this wave of pressure well, before getting forward themselves eventually.

2nd half kickoff: They're back under way in Lyon, with both countries serenaded by Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" over the loud speaker.

There's a change for the United States, as Tierna Davidson is replaced by Emily Sonnett. It's hard not to worry about Davidson's injury, but it's possible that this was planned while she works back to full fitness in a short period of time.

HALFTIME: USA 0-0 GERMANY

A fun first half that ends scoreless, with both teams creating good chances, mostly early in the half, but coming up empty. The game slowed as the half wore on, but both teams showed good attacking impetus.

The difference in the game has been the repeated fouling by Germany, which saw Marina Hegering booked late in the half and promises to produce more yellow cards should it continue. The European side will have to be careful with this approach if they want to finish the match with 11 players, while the U.S. players know they'll win fouls if they go at their opponents with one-on-one dribbles.

44th min: Marina Hegering is the first player of the match to be booked as she commits her fourth foul of the match already, earning a yellow card for the accumulation.

41st min: The game has slowed a bit from its earlier pace, and Germany has sat back a bit to grind things down. The U.S. has been unable to create much since the half-hour mark, with Naomi Girma coming the closest but failing to make contact on a corner.

31st min: Another foul by Germany in a dangerous area but the USWNT fails to make them pay with a wasted free-kick routine. Julie Foudy continues to repeat her stat ad nauseam about the U.S. women not scoring a free-kick goal in many years.

24th min: Chance, Germany! A tight-angle shot from Jule Brand is headed for the inside of the far post but Alyssa Naeher makes a diving save! That's a well-placed effort with a very tight window to shoot at, but Naeher is positioned perfectly and gets down to make the save!

23rd min: Lindsey Horan is pummeled on the touchline resulting in Germany's seventh foul of the match to just one for the United States. At some point, the referee will have to start pulling out yellow cards for accumulation.

21st min: Chance, Germany! Goodness, Germany nearly score straight from a corner, as Alyssan Naeher has to awkwardly bat the ball off the line after it was fizzed in by Klara Buhl and headed for the back of the net!

17th min: Shortly after a solid spell of possession for the United States comes to nothing, Alyssa Naeher has to be strong and fight through bodies to get a punch on a Germany corner. Both teams pressuring the opposition back line in moments through this game. It's been fun, but someone will want to get a breakthrough before it slows and legs tire in this Lyon heat.

11th min: A brilliant tackle by Naomi Girma to dispossess Nicole Anyomi sees a Germany chance fall apart, and then Trinity Rodman nutmegs a defender to win a foul. The vibes of this match are off the freakin charts right now.

8th min: Sophia Smith and Rose Lavelle get into space at the top of the penalty area but get in each other's way, and Smith's shot is, like Rose's a bit earlier, straight at the goalkeeper.

3rd min: Chance, USA! Rose Lavelle is wide open for a shot on goal but her curled finish is right at the goalkeeper! Trinity Rodman gets out on the counter and her cutback cross is dummied through the legs of Mallory Swanson right to a trailing Lavelle completely unmarked, but her finish is poor!

This match is already more open than at any point for the U.S. against Japan, as Germany are looking to go right at the United States and the USWNT replying in kind.

Kickoff: They're under way in Lyon! This is the home stadium for Lindsey Horan at the club level, who has played for Olympique Lyonnais Feminin since joining on loan in early 2022 before making her move permanent a year later.

It's quite hot in Lyon today, above 90 degrees.

USWNT vs. Germany: Pre-match commentary, analysis, more

15 mins to kickoff: Rematches at these major tournaments aren't terribly common, but the U.S. women have indeed been here before. They've defeated the same opponent twice in a major tournament on two occasions — Brazil in the 2004 Olympics and Japan in the 2008 Olympics, meaning it's never happened at the World Cup. Germany, meanwhile, have never been beaten twice by the same opponent in a major competition.

30 mins to kickoff: At just 22 years old, Trinity Rodman continues to break records with the USWNT as she becomes an established and critical member of the revitalization of this squad. Rodman's goal against Japan made her the youngest player to score an extra-time goal since 19-year-old Heather O'Reilly in 2004, and her appearance in today's game gives her joint-most starts in a major tournament before turning 23, with her eighth start equaling Cat Whitehill.

45 mins to kickoff: The Golden Boot race at the Olympics is still wide open, and a number of Americans are still in the mix. The leader is Marie-Antoinette Katoto of France, but they were bounced from the tournament in the quarterfinals, while second-place Barbra Banda of Zambia went out in the group stage.

That leaves Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman both on three goals as the leaders of anyone still left in the competition, and Sophia Smith has two herself. Any of those three could easily catch the eliminated players above them, especially if they advance to the final.

1 hour to kickoff: The Germany lineup is in, and there are some glaring absences. Most notably, legendary goal scorer Alexandra Popp does not appear in the squad as she has picked up an illness , while fellow forward Lea Schuller misses out with knee inflammation . Both were late announcements on Tuesday morning, leaving fans reeling from the last-minute news.

Nicole Anyomi of Eintracht Frankfurt comes straight off the alternate squad and into the starting lineup for Popp, while Sydney Lohmann enters for Schuller, moving Sjoeke Nusken up into the attack.

1 hour 15 mins to kick: The USA lineup is in, and it's exactly as we expected. Tierna Davidson returns to the starting lineup after her two-game injury absence, while Emily Fox is in as well despite leaving late in the quarterfinal victory with what appeared at the time to be a concerning fitness issue. Emma Hayes is pressing on ever further while leaning heavily on this set of 11 players.

1 hour 30 mins to kick: The U.S. women are sticking with the white tops they've worn through the entire Olympics, but will switch to red shorts for today's match instead of the whites or blues worn previously.

1 hour 45 mins to kick: U.S. Soccer has confirmed that Tierna Davidson will be reactivated to the squad, having recovered from her leg injury that kept her out of two matches. It's likely that she will now be a part of the starting lineup, with Emily Sams returning to the alternate squad.

2 hours to kickoff: All but one of the nine goals scored by the USA women to this point in the Olympics have been scored by the attacking trio of Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson, and Trinity Rodman.

It represents a massive return to attacking prowess after the front three seemed highly disjointed last summer at the Women's World Cup, as Smith in particular struggled under Vlatko Andonovski's coaching. Even as teams show them enormous respect by coming out in a low defensive block, they've found ways to strike. It was ugly at times against Japan, but Rodman found a way to break through in the end to secure the victory.

USWNT vs. Germany kickoff time

This semifinal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics kicks off from the Groupama Stadium on Tuesday, August 6 at 6 p.m. local time in Lyon, France. Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:

USWNT vs. Germany lineups, team news, starting 11

The United States has dealt with a few injury scares at the Olympics this summer, but it appears those are largely behind them now. Head coach Emma Hayes said everyone in the squad trained in full on Monday, hinting that all players would be available for selection in this match, and that has indeed come to pass.

That includes Emily Fox , who was withdrawn late in the quarterfinal with what appeared a painful ankle injury, and Tierna Davidson who was injured in the second group game and was unavailable for both the group finale and the quarterfinal. Sam Coffey returns to midfield from her yellow card suspension while all other booked players see their accumulation wiped clean.

It leaves the injured Catarina Macario as the only absence from the U.S. squad from a full-strength perspective, as the Chelsea forward had to withdraw from the Olympic squad in the days before the competition began.

USA starting lineup (4-3-3): Naeher (GK) — Fox, Girma, Davidson, Dunn — Horan, Coffey, Lavelle — Rodman, S. Smith, Swanson.

USA subs (7): Murphy (GK), Krueger, Nighswonger, Sonnett, Albert, Shaw, L. Williams.

Germany were dealt a double hammer blow the morning of the match as it was announced veteran forwards Alexandra Popp and Lea Schuller would be unavailable for this match. Popp has picked up an illness and was replaced by Nicole Anyomi , while Schuller is sidelined by knee inflammation and is swapped out for Sarai Linder .

They are also without young midfield star Lena Oberdorf who suffered a torn ACL just weeks before the Olympics began. No German players have picked up a yellow card suspension either, and all cards are wiped from this point forward.

Germany starting lineup (4-4-2): Berger (GK) — Gwinn, Hendrich, Hegering, Rauch — Brand, Minge, Lohmann, Buhl — Anyomi, Nusken.

Germany subs (7): Frohms (GK), Schulze-Solano, Doorsoun, Linder, Senss, Freigang, Endemann.

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