England 1-2 USWNT: Morgan & Press down Lionesses to reach their 5th WWC final

The United States are into a third successive Women's World Cup final after beating England 2-1 in a thrilling semi-final on Tuesday.

Match Events

10' GOAL! England 0-1 USA (Press)

A brilliant throughball from Heath picks out O'Hara's run down the right and she puts a deep cross into the box. Bronze doesn't see Press behind her and the forward rises to fire her header over Telford and into the back of the net. 

19' GOAL! England 1-1 USA (White)

It's England first real attack and they've found the back of the net! It's a brilliant cross into the six-yard box from Mead ahead of all the defenders and White guides it over the line off the inside of the far post

31' GOAL! England 1-2 USA (Morgan)

Horan cuts back inside and chips her cross into the middle of the box. Morgan gets ahead of Stokes and rises to get on the end of the cross before firing her header past Telford!

69' OFFSIDE! White scores but goal is disallowed

White is waiting in between the two defenders and Scott just touches the ball onto the forward. She latches onto it and takes a touch before slotting the effort under Naeher and into the back of the net. But VAR have a look at the goal that White's just scored and after a fairly quick decision, it's disallowed for offside.

84' Penalty Missed! (Houghton)

The referee spends a long time looking at the footage on the monitor and has now come back onto the field and pointed to the penalty spot. Parris has missed England's last two penalties so this time it's the captain Houghton that steps up. She looks calm as she takes her run up and aims it low towards the bottom corner, but Naeher goes the right way and makes the save. 

Match Report

Steph Houghton missed a controversial late penalty as holders the United States beat England 2-1 to reach a third successive Women's World Cup final, despite the absence of inspirational co-captain Megan Rapinoe.

The Lionesses had the opportunity to at least force extra-time with an 84th-minute spot-kick, but Houghton's poor effort was saved and Millie Bright saw red late on as USA held on to ensure their title defence goes to the final stage.

Rapinoe's absence, said to be due to a hamstring issue, provided a pre-match shock, but Christian Press made a swift impact as her replacement when heading in the opener, before Ellen White's equaliser was cancelled out by Morgan nodding in just past the half-hour mark on her birthday.

England produced a good response in the second half and White had a second goal ruled out for straying marginally offside, before Alyssa Naeher easily saved Houghton's penalty and a frustrated Bright earned a second booking, providing a disappointing end for Phil Neville's side.

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