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The United States women's national team will play for the bronze medal after Canada earned a stunning 1-0 upset over the international powerhouse in Monday's Olympic semifinal.
The match was scoreless until Jessie Fleming scored a penalty for Canada in the 75th minute:
The shot was just out of reach of backup goalkeeper Adrianna Franch, resulting in the only score of the match. Starting goalie Alyssa Naeher, who was the hero during the quarterfinal victory over the Netherlands, was forced to leave with an injury in the 30th minute.
Canada held on for the win and will face Sweden in the final for a chance at its first gold medal in women's soccer. Sweden beat Australia in the other semifinal match Monday.
The upset win was a breakthrough for Canada, which has earned bronze in the last two Olympics:
A gold medal would be the biggest moment in program history, while Christine Sinclair could add another achievement after already ranking as the top international goalscorer in history. The 38-year-old played 87 minutes in Monday's win.
The United States, meanwhile, was unable to build on its 2019 World Cup win with another major trophy.
The Americans had plenty of chances to score, outshooting Canada 17-5 in the match, including a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal. They simply weren't able to get anything into the back of the net, even after adding key subs Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Christen Press in the 60th minute.
It continued an up-and-down run of matches in Tokyo that featured just one win in 90 minutes. The USWNT also had one loss and one draw in group play before surviving the quarterfinal on penalty kicks.
"Obviously, our standards are perfection all the time, so we really never reached that, and we wanted the gold medal but we have a ton to still perform for," Rapinoe said after the match.
The team will now compete for the bronze Thursday against Australia. After finishing in just fifth place at the 2016 Olympics, the United States will try to win its first soccer medal since 2012.
CONCACAF confirmed Friday that the men's Olympic qualifiers have been suspended because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus:
The confederation issued a statement to confirm the news, per USSoccer.com.
"Concacaf is committed to working with key stakeholders to consider options to reconvene our competitions at an appropriate time in the future."
The matches were due to start on March 20 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Jason Kreis, the U.S. Under-23 men's national team head coach, had named a 20-man squad for the tournament.
The U.S. team were due to play Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico in the group stage as they bid for a place in the Olympics for the first time since 2008.
The top two teams from the group would go through to the semi-finals, where victory would be enough to secure one of the last two remaining places at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The decision to suspend the tournament follows news that Major League Soccer has been called off for 30 days because of the coronavirus outbreak:
Meanwhile, U.S. Soccer announced Thursday it had cancelled all men's and women's international games that were scheduled for March and April.
Friday also brought confirmation that the Premier League, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga have also now been postponed, bringing a halt to all top-level football in Europe:
The worsening coronavirus pandemic continues to fuel doubts as to whether the 2020 Olympics will take place as originally scheduled.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested postponing the event until next year, per Reuters:
Japan's Olympic minister, Seiko Hashimo, told reporters on Friday the International Olympic Committee are "absolutely not" considering postponing or cancelling the Games, which are due to start July 24.
