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U.S. women’s soccer loses to Canada in Tokyo Olympics, will play for bronze

KASHIMA, Japan —

The U.S. lost their goalkeeper Monday then they lost their shot at a gold medal, with Jessie Fleming beating backup keeper Adrianna Franch on a penalty kick in the 76th minute to give Canada a 1-0 win in a Tokyo Olympics semifinal.

The game turned in large part on a video replay, with Ukrainian referee Kateryna Monzul overruling her own call that U.S. defender Tierna Davidson had not fouled Canada’s Deanne Rose, who ran up the American’s back at the right edge of the penalty area. But after a long pause, the replay official convince Monzul to take a look at the video and the referee awarded the penalty.