Apparently the U.S. isn't ready to go home just yet.
So with their backs to the wall, needing the kind of signature performance they've lacked so far in this Women's World Cup, they stepped up big on Tuesday, beating top-ranked Germany, 2-0, in a semifinal that wasn't nearly that close.
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With the win, the U.S. goes on to Sunday's final in Vancouver, where it will meet the winner of Wednesday's other semifinal between Japan and England.
Japan, the only unbeaten, untied team in this World Cup, defeated the U.S. on penalty kicks in the 2011 final.
Meanwhile Germany, which had dominated this tournament before Tuesday, heads off to the consolation game.
And the difference was a Carli Lloyd penalty kick in the 69th minute.
Lloyd went to the spot after Germany's Annika Krahn pulled Alex Morgan down at the edge of the area. And when German keeper Nadine Angerer dove low and to her right, Lloyd shot high to the other side.
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