USA beat Netherlands on penalties in Olympic women’s football quarter-final – as it happened

That’s all for tonight. Thanks for following along and be sure to check back Friday for our minute-by-minute coverage of the semi-final matches.

Here’s the match report off tonight’s final women’s quarter-final.

What a game! Here’s a look at the official match report from today’s contest:

The United States have reversed their Rio heartbreak and assured themselves of a medal. But which color? The journey to that answer will begin on Friday when the Americans face Canada in a border war with a spot in the Olympic final on the line.

Rapinoe smashes it past the keeper’s left side into the goal and the United States are headed to the semi-finals! Netherlands 2-2 USA (2-4)

Nouwen takes a stutter step than sends it to Naeher’s right and she makes the save! It’s her third save of the night from the spot! Netherlands 2-2 USA (2-3)

Press rolls it to the keeper’s right and into the goal. Clinical. Netherlands 2-2 USA (2-3)

van der Gragt hits to Naeher’s right and it’s in off the post. Fortunate! Netherlands 2-2 USA (2-2)

Morgan sidefoots to the keeper’s left and in. Beautifully taken. Netherlands 2-2 USA (1-2)

Janssen calmly sidefoots to Naeher’s left as the keeper guesses right. Netherlands 2-2 USA (1-1)

Lavelle pounds it to the keeper’s right and the US are on the board! Netherlands 2-2 USA (0-1)

Miedema slots it to Naeher’s right and the American makes the save! Netherlands 2-2 USA (0-0)

Miedema (two goals today, 10 in the tournament) will take the first penalty …

There’s the whistle and the final semi-final spot in the Olympic women’s football tournament will be determined by spot kicks!

120 min: One minute of stoppage time. Horan runs on goal and takes a shot from distance rather than lay off to Rapinoe, but it’s high over the crossbar.

119 min: Press is in on goal but the attack is thwarted and it goes out for a corner. Rapinoe’s low service is initially cleared but falls to Horan, whose shot from a dangerous area sails over the crossbar.

118 min: Rapinoe runs onto a long ball and has a go on goal from distance but misses the frame. Out for a goal kick.

116 min: O’Hara is shown yellow for a foul and the Dutch will have a free kick. It’s cleared but the Dutch maintain possession and reset their attack.

114 min: A terrible mix-up in the back catches the Dutch keeper off her line and the ball goes through to Morgan, who rolls it in for a goal. But the flag is up again for a ninth disallowed goal! The replay does show Morgan was in an offside position when Rapinoe initially played it forward, though.

110 min: Rapinoe lobs a long pass into the area as Press runs on. She takes one touch and rips a shot into the back of the net. A 109th-minute winner for Press … but the flag belatedly goes up! VAR will take a look and after about 45 seconds, the call is upheld. It’s an eighth disallowed goal for the US at these Olympics.

106 min: Fifteen more minutes to determine a winner … or spot kicks await. The US immediately win a corner and Rapinoe will take it. It’s easily cleared and Dunn, who had crept up into the attack, chases it back in a dead sprint.

The Dutch have been the better team for at least 45 minutes, maybe longer. The pressure the US were able to get on the ball throughout the first half feels like a distant memory.

105 min: A long cross from nearly the halfway line is sent in to Press but she can’t redirect it on target. Two minutes of stoppage time added on.

104 min: Martens sends a cross in to Miedema, whose header is saved by Naeher! It’s out for a corner. Martens send it to the near post and after a couple of dangerous minutes it’s headed out for another corner. This time the US clears it.

103 min: Alex Morgan goes down in a tangle with Groenen and is whistled for a foul. She’s down for about half a minute but makes it to her feet and will continue.

99 min: The US have been inaccurate and imprecise moving forward for long stretches since the half-time break as yet another short-circuited attack shows.

97 min: … and the call stands. No goal. Another Dutch substitution follows: Victoria Pelova is in for Roord.

94 min: Beerensteyn is in on goal amid a quick Dutch counterattack, but Dunn is there to disrupt it. It’s out for a corner. It’s taken quickly and after a bit of chaos in the area, it bounces off the crossbar straight up and down where Beerensteyn heads it into the goal. The flag immediately goes up to Dutch protests. We will have a VAR review …

93 min: Miedema has a go on goal from the edge of the era, hitting it powerfully but directly at Naeher, who corrals it easily.

91 min: We’re under way in extra time. A quick statistical note: Vivianne Miedema, who’s hit for two goals today, is the first woman to score 10 times in a single Olympic Games. The last man to reach double figures was Hungary’s Ferenc Bene, who scored a record 12 goals at the last Tokyo Games in 1964.

There’s the whistle and 30 minutes of extra time awaits!

90 min+4: van de Donk chops down O’Hara near the touch line and is shown yellow for her efforts. The US will have a free kick from some distance in the dying minutes of regular time. Rapinoe steps over it, but her service drifts harmlessly wide of the goal. Wasteful.

90 min+2: A Dutch attack is thwarted by the US center back pairing and the Americans are quick into the counterattack … but Press can’t get past the last line of defense and it’s cleared back to the middle third.

90 min: The fourth official signals for five minutes of added time, mostly to account for the two VAR reviews.

89 min: A bit of chaos in front of the Netherlands goal. Rapinoe runs at the Dutch right back, an action that nearly results in an own goal, and ends up winning a corner. She takes it but sends it sailing past the far post away from danger.

88 min: Now Beerensteyn is down in a heap in front of the US goal as the training staff comes out to attend her. The other 19 outfield players all scurry to the touchline for a water break. Beerensteyn is helped to her feet and walks off past the goal line. It looks like she will be substituted off at the first opportunity.

86 min: Beerensteyn manages to beat Dahlkember and lobs a cross into the center of the area for a waiting van de Donk, whose header just misses the goal. Another moment of danger for the US, who have been outshot by a 6-2 margin since half-time.

81 min: O’Hara takes down Beerensteyn as the ball is crossed into the area and the referee immediately points to the spot. It’s penalty for the Netherlands. Huge moment! Martens steps up to take it, waits a moment as VAR upholds the call, then takes the shot … and it’s saved by Naeher! A massive bullet dodged by the Americans, who were staring down elimination only to find new life!

78 min: van de Donk goes down after an overzealous challenge by Horan and the American is shown a yellow card.

74 min: The US have won their fourth corner. Five American attackers line up at the back of the penalty area. Rapinoe takes it but the referee whistles for a foul and the danger is averted.

69 min: Groenen releases Beerensteyn into the area, maybe overcooking the through ball a touch. She tries to turn it on goal and it takes an awkward deflection off a US defender, but Naeher is able to settle the situation.

66 min: The VAR official is taking a look at this goal. It was close, but is there enough evidence to overturn it? The booth is taking an awfully long time with this ruling. More than a minute. In the interim, the US make another switch: Megan Rapinoe comes in for Heath. And, at last, the American’s seventh (!) disallowed goal of the tournament remains disallowed and play resumes.

63 min: The Netherlands make their first switch: van de Sanden exits for Beerensteyn, who has three goals in this tournament. Only seconds later, Morgan sends a ball across for Press, who pounds it into the back of the net … but the flag is up!

61 min: Lavelle wins possession at midfield and sends a ball through to Press, who goes for goal … but it’s saved easily by Van Veenendaal.

60 min: It’s not so much taking off both goalscorers, it’s the fact Williams’s work rate along the right flank has been so effective for the Americans. Instead the wholesale line change suggests the US will continue to run and run and run some more at the Netherlands.

58 min: It’s a triple substitution for Vlatko Andonovski. Mewis, Lloyd and Williams makes way for Christen Press, Alex Morgan and Rose Lavelle.

Miedema, who’s had so few touches today, gets past Ertz and launches a shot toward the goal. Naeher manages to get a hand on it but it manages its way the past the line. That’s 10 goals in less than four complete games for the Arsenal star!