For the second time at the Paris Summer Olympics, the U.S. women’s national team will take on Germany, and this time, the stakes are raised. The two nations were in the same group during pool play, and Team USA took that match 4-1, powered by a pair of goals from Sophia Smith and a tally each by Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams. The U.S. remained unbeaten in the group stage, and topped Japan 1-0 thanks to an extra-time goal from Trinity Rodman that kept the match from going to penalty kicks.
Germany, meanwhile, needed a penalty shootout to get past Canada in the quarterfinals, and is now looking to knock the U.S. out of gold medal contention. Lea Schüller leads the way for Germany with three goals scored in the tournament. Germany has only medaled once in the Olympics — a gold medal back in 2016 in Rio.
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