Though there was nothing wrong with Marta's brilliant finish, the cross came in from Maurine, who was offside when she received the ball.
With just a few minutes remaining, Brazil's Erika faked an injury to waste time, much to the displeasure of the crowd. After receiving four minutes of treatment, she hopped up and started running around to loud booing.
Her maneuver was almost successful, but then, the goal happened. In the second minute of stoppage time and the nd minute of the game, Megan Rapinoe sent a brilliant floated cross from the left wing to the far post. Abby Wambach got herself open and hit a brilliant powerful header to the near post, leveling the match at and forcing penalty kicks at the death.
Even if the referee had a poor game, in the penalty shootout, she at least proved that she was consistent. The first penalty taker for the United States was Shannon Boxx, who had her first attempt saved by Andreia. However, she was a mile off her line and the referee ordered a re-take, which Boxx converted. Cristiane, Carli Lloyd, Marta - who was booed mercilessly by the neutrals in the crowd - and Wambach all converted their penalties before Daiane stepped up.
Having allowed the own goal in the opening 90 seconds of the match, things were already not going Daiane's way. Things would get worse for her, as her penalty kick was saved brilliantly by Hope Solo, who had an absolutely unbelievable game for the United States for all minutes and penalty kicks.
Megan Rapinoe put the pressure on Grazielle, converting the next penalty, but Grazielle rose to the occasion and sent Solo the wrong way before coolly converting her penalty kick. That transitioned the pressure to right back Alex Krieger, but like Grazielle, she stepped up calm and confident. You can watch Brazil vs. USA live stream online if you are registered member of U-TV, the leading online betting company that has streaming coverage for more than It's also easy to find video highlights and news from the most popular sports leagues in the world.
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Brazil is hoping to make its third trip to the semis while the US has never finished lower than third place. No one expected to see No. Brazil had a clear path to the finals and the best chance to win its first ever Women's World Cup, and they now have to go through the team who's ousted them in four of the last six major finals, including the gold medal game of the and Olympics.
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