If the U.S. women's national team wants to win their fifth gold medal in an Olympic women's football tournament, they need to get through Friday's quarterfinal (7 a.m. ET) against a team that has looked like an early favorite: the Netherlands.
While the U.S. is limping out of Group G with a loss, a draw and a win, the Netherlands are flying. They topped Group F with a plus-13 goal differential, and even their one draw of the group stage was a wild 3-3 shootout with Brazil, another top team competing in Japan this summer.