Goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé (UConn) will help Team Canada try to secure its first-ever Olympic soccer gold medal. (Getty Images)
The U.S. Women’s National Team’s bid for a gold medal came up short after falling to Canada 1-0 in the semifinals at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Despite having the better of the attack for much of the match and outshooting Canada 17-5, a 75th-minute penalty kick from midfielder Jessie Fleming proved to be the difference in the regional rival’s 62nd meeting all-time, just the USA’s fourth loss in the series and first since 2001.
Canada will play for an Olympic gold medal for the first time and will become just the third nation to win medals at three successive women’s Olympics, joining USA (1996 to 2012) and Germany (2000 to 2008).
