Germany held off the US in the first half, and was pushing hard in the early second when the referee, rather than make it a 11 on 10 against the US with the foul in the box, made it 12 against 11 in favor of the US by giving the US a freebie (for the foul/dive outside the box).
I doubt many Germans (or impartial fans for that matter) feel the better team necessarily won.
Morgan was wrestled down deep in the box at the end of the first half. Nothing was called. That was a clearer foul than either of the PKs that were awarded.
Germany choked on their PK and the US women outplayed and out hustled the Germans all night.
The German women looked horrible in the first half.
The US women are peaking at the right time and made great substitutions tonight.
Sorry Kearnyirish2, but that was definitely a foul on Morgan. She had a clear chance to run the ball down after she pushed it by the defender. The initial contact does not determine whether the foul was in the box or not. That was determined when she took her down an instant later, well inside the box. That was not a dive. There was strong contact made.
Both the German Defender and Johnston were flirting with “straight red” Cards. Probably well ref’d by not issuing them in either instance.
Oldplayer
I thought the women played a little too soft at times....too many chances for Germany in the 2nd half...
but they won...and now its on to the championship game
Well, I am German and i do think the better team won. Granted, the US team did profit from a few really bad calls but that`s the game.
In the end the Germans have only themselves to blame. They played a really weak first half and when it looked like they`d finally get going Sasic missed the penalty.
I`m only sorry France ended up losing to Germany. They are the strongest team by far at the moment and really would have given the US a run for their money.