Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Women's World Cup semi-final between France and USA in Monchengladbach. USA are the favourites to progress but France looked very handy when beating England in the quarter-finals, albeit on penalties.
Women's World Cup / Semi-final
Borussia-Park / 13.07.2011
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- S. Bompastor(56')
- L. Holiday(10')
- A. Wambach(80')
- A. Morgan(83')
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Updated 13/07/2011 at 18:50 GMT+1
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90+3'
FULL TIME. That's it! USA are in the final after soaking up sustained pressure from France and killing off the game in the final stages.
90+2'
A late corner for France but Georges cannot get on the end of it. USA are on the way to the final.
90'
We will have two additional minutes.
90'
Thomis in the book for a poor foul on LePeilbet.
88'
Morgan denied by a fine save from Sapowicz as she gets in behind the defence once again.
86'
O'Reailly replaced by Tobin Heath.
84'
Well, well, well. France looked so good for 75 minutes but have fallen apart now. USA are so close to another World Cup final.
82'
GOAL! A superb finish from Morgan. She races onto a pass from Rapinoe and from a tight angle dinks a shot over Sapowicz. Delightful.
80'
France won't go quietly and Le Sommer heads off target at the back post from a cross from Lepailleur.
79'
GOAL! Wambach does it once again! The striker rises to meet a corner at the back post and heads home from close range after an excellent run. That's her 12th goal in World Cups.
79'
Both of these teams hard arduous quarter-finals that went the distance, so France are no doubt thinking that if they do reach the final they don't want to have had extra-time in back-to-back matches.
78'
Soubeyrand is replaced by Elodie Thomis, a striker, as France signal they want to win this game inside 90 minutes.
76'
Thiney attempts to head the ball out of Solo's one hand as the keeper prepares to belt it downfield. Very cheeky. A nice attempt but the ref gives a free-kick.
75'
Rapinoe shoots off target when she has team-mates better placed, and that is poor from the USA midfielder.
74'
Morgan appears to be hauled down when attempting to chase onto a pass but nothing is given. She collided with Meilleroux.
73'
France guilty of a sloppy pass, which has been a rarity today, as Meilleroux fails to find a team-mate.
71'
USA have now had six shots to France's 23. That's a pretty big gulf in a semi-final.
69'
Rapinoe drills in a fierce free-kick and Sapowicz spills, allowing Morgan to race in and try and convert from close range. However, the keeper recovers to save and an offside is given in any case.
67'
Le Sommer passes up a golden opportunity to put France in the lead after Solo, for some reason, passes the ball straight to France in her own box. Sloppy goalkeeping.
66'
Solo punches clear from the corner and Bussaglia, in acres of space, fires a half-volley well over the bar.