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.

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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, 7. Dunn — 10. Horan, 17. Coffey, 16. Lavelle — 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

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.

White tops, red shorts in Lyon. ⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/khWn2ifX5b

— U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (@USWNT) August 6, 2024

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.

These three have been special so far throughout the #Olympics for the #USWNT 🇺🇸 https://t.co/RFCwluv0rP pic.twitter.com/morHfpB8oW

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 5, 2024

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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