5 to Watch: U.S. Women Soccer, Basketball Teams Closer to Gold, Volleyball Team Aims for Bounce-Back Win

Looks similar US women teams are beforehand and center, and find to get that golden astatine the Tokyo Olympics. The USWNT won against the Netherlands and is present acceptable to instrumentality connected to Canada. In basketball, squad USA is looking to enactment cleanable against France.

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USWNT takes connected Canada successful women’s shot semifinal

The job’s not done for the United States women’s nationalist shot team.

After escaping with a nail-biting, punishment shootout triumph implicit the Netherlands connected Friday, the USWNT volition conflict Canada astatine 4 a.m. ET connected Monday for a spot successful the golden medal game.

Megan Rapinoe drilled the clinching punishment footwear for the Americans successful Friday’s quarterfinal win. USWNT goalie Alyssa Naeher was clutch successful nett during the punishment shootout, portion Samantha Mewis and Lynn Williams provided the scoring successful regularisation time.

Canada has won the bronze medal astatine the past 2 Olympics. The squad has 2 draws and 2 wins truthful acold successful Tokyo, including a punishment shootout triumph of its ain against Brazil successful the quarterfinals connected Friday. 

The U.S., meanwhile, failed to medal astatine the Olympics for the archetypal clip successful 2016 and is looking to triumph its 5th ever golden medal.

Watch the crippled connected USA Network, oregon watercourse unrecorded astatine https://stream.nbcolympics.com/womens-soccer-semifinal-match-1?chrcontext=KNTV. 

US women’s hoops puts 51-game triumph streak connected the enactment vs. France

Team USA has not mislaid successful the Olympic women’s hoops tourney since 1992, and the squad is looking to enactment cleanable connected Monday against France.

The U.S. women’s hoops squad has beaten Nigeria and Japan truthful acold successful Tokyo. A’ja Wilson has been a prima successful her Olympic debut, posting double-doubles successful some victories. Seattle Storm teammates Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart person besides enactment connected showcases done 2 radical games.

Now, Team USA plays France successful its past radical crippled aft already clinching a spot successful the quarterfinals. The French squad mislaid to Japan successful its opener earlier beating Nigeria by 25 points. A triumph for the U.S. would springiness it 52 consecutive Olympic victories and enactment the squad 1 measurement person to its seventh consecutive golden medal.

Watch unrecorded astatine 12:40 a.m. ET (9:40 a.m. PT) connected USA Network, oregon watercourse unrecorded astatine https://stream.nbcolympics.com/basketball-womens-prelim-game-16-france-usa?chrcontext=KNTV. 

US women’s volleyball aims for bounce-back triumph vs. Italy

The U.S. women’s volleyball squad mislaid much than a crippled connected Friday.

Along with a decision to the Russian Olympic Committee successful consecutive sets, superstar Jordan Thompson near with an evident ankle injury. She landed hard from a artifact successful the 2nd acceptable and was instantly removed from the match. Thompson was the team’s apical scorer heading into the crippled and enactment connected a amusement against China with a whopping 34 points.

Now, Jordyn Poulter and Co. effort to get backmost successful the triumph file successful the last Pool B lucifer against Italy astatine 10:05 p.m. connected Sunday. Like the U.S., the Italians were 3-0 earlier suffering their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the tourney successful their 4th match. Italy lone mislaid 1 acceptable successful its archetypal 3 matches earlier falling to China successful consecutive sets connected Saturday.

Team USA has medaled astatine 3 consecutive Olympics but has failed to ever instrumentality location golden successful the 57-year past of the lawsuit astatine the Olympics.

Watch connected NBC, oregon watercourse unrecorded astatine https://stream.nbcolympics.com/volleyball-womens-prelim-match-26-united-states-italy?chrcontext=KNTV.

US men’s h2o polo tries to crook the tide vs. Greece

The U.S. men’s h2o polo squad volition look to drawback a two-game losing streak erstwhile it concludes radical play astatine 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday nighttime against Greece.

After winning its archetypal 2 matchups against Japan and South Africa, Team USA mislaid to Italy and Hungary by a combined 4 goals. Alex Bowen has scored aggregate goals successful each crippled truthful acold for the Americans.

Greece, meanwhile, is looking to decorativeness disconnected an undefeated radical play stage. Along with a gully against Italy, the Greeks person beaten Hungary, Japan and South Africa. 

The 2016 Olympics were the archetypal clip the U.S. men’s squad failed to suffice for the quarterfinals, finishing ninth spot aft going 2-3-0 successful radical play. A nonaccomplishment connected Sunday would springiness them the aforesaid grounds and enactment them successful information of advancing erstwhile again.

Watch connected CNBC, oregon watercourse unrecorded astatine https://stream.nbcolympics.com/water-polo-mens-prelim-game-26?chrcontext=KNTV.

Jade Carey sets sights connected Olympic medal successful level routine

Three gymnastics finals are acceptable for Monday greeting astatine the Ariake Gymnastics Center: the men’s rings, women’s level workout and men’s vault.

Jade Carey volition beryllium the lone American rival crossed each 3 finals. Simone Biles, who finished 2nd successful the level regular during qualifying, remains retired aft exiting the squad last earlier this week. Carey finished conscionable down Biles with a third-place people successful the lawsuit during qualifying. The 21-year-old finished eighth wide successful the idiosyncratic all-around contention aft being named Biles’ replacement. Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari earned the apical level people successful qualifying.

There volition beryllium nary American gymnasts successful either of Monday’s men’s finals. Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias is connected his mode to defending golden successful the rings aft finishing with the champion people successful qualifying. South Korea’s Shin Jeahwan and Armenia’s Artur Davtyan tied for the apical qualifying people successful men’s vault, portion idiosyncratic all-around bronze medalist Nikita Nagornyy of the Russian Olympic Committee had the third-best qualifying score. He tied for the champion vault people of each gymnasts during the idiosyncratic all-around competition.

Watch connected Peacock astatine 4:45 a.m. ET (1:45 a.m. PT), oregon watercourse unrecorded astatine https://stream.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics-event-finals-mens-rings-vault-womens-floor?chrcontext=KNTV.