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Paris Olympics: Sophia Smith sends USWNT into gold-medal final with clutch goal

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LYON, France — Sophia Smith rescued the U.S. women’s national team from a second straight Olympic soccer slog here on Tuesday, and sent the USWNT to its first gold-medal match since 2012.

In another arduous knockout match, after another scoreless 90 minutes, another superstar attacker broke open a locked game in extra time.

Three days earlier, it was Trinity Rodman.