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Players of Team Canada celebrate their side's first goal scored by Jessie Fleming #17 of Team Canada (not pictured) during the Women's Semi-Final match between USA and Canada on day ten of the Tokyo Olympic Games at Kashima Stadium on Aug. 2, 2021 in Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan. Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Canada defeated the U.S. women’s national soccer team 1–0 in a Tokyo Olympics semifinal on Aug. 2, meaning that the pre-tournament favorites will miss out on the chance to even play for the gold medal.
It’s the second straight Olympics the U.S. team has failed to reach the gold medal game.
