USA Olympic Women’s Game Summary: USA 2 Norway 1 (OT)

July 28 in Athens, Ga.

USA 2 Norway 1. Goals: Akers (pen.) 77, MacMillan 100; Medalen 18.

USA — Scurry, Overbeck, Fawcett, Chastain, Roberts, Foudy, Venturini, Lilly, Hamm, Akers, Milbrett (MacMillan, 96).

Norway — Nordby, Carlsen, Espeseth, N. Nymark Andersen, Myklebust, Riise, A. Nymark Andersen, Pettersen, Medalen, Svensson (Tangeraas, 75), Aarones.

Yellow cards: Norway — Carlsen 54, Espeseth 77 (Note: Espeseth was called for the handball that led to Akers’ penalty kick.)

Red card: Norway — Carlsen 82 (Note: this was a direct expulsion, not an expulsion for a second yellow.)

Referee: Denoncourt (Canada).

Att.: 64,196 (Largest ever crowd for a women’s soccer match in the U.S.)

The U.S. will face China in the gold-medal match on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. eastern time.