Sophia Smith scored in extra time and the United States earned a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Germany on Tuesday in Lyon.

The Americans, undefeated in France under new coach Emma Hayes, will be vying for their fifth gold medal in their sixth appearance in the Olympic women’s soccer final.

The United States will play will play Brazil, which defeated Spain 4-2, in the tournament final on Saturday in Paris.

Smith broke the scoreless stalemate five minutes into extra time, out maneuvering defender Felicitas Rauch and German goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.

After netting her third goal of the tournament, Smith fell to the ground in celebration and joined in an embrace with teammate Mallory Swanson.

At the final whistle, the U.S. players ran downfield to embrace goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.

The Americans had routed Germany 4-1 in the group stage earlier in the tournament.

The U.S. has missed out on the finals at the last two Olympic tournaments, eliminated in the quarterfinals in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and relegated to the bronze-medal match at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

Germany was missing captain Alexandra Popp due to an illness. Popp was the only current German player who was also on the squad that won the gold medal in 2016.

Lea Schuller, who scored two goals against Zambia in the group finale to send Germany through to the quarterfinals, was absent because of an inflamed right knee.

U.S. midfielder Sam Coffey, who missed the quarterfinals after yellow card accumulation, returned.

US women’s water pole edges Hungary: Ashleigh Johnson made 17 saves and Rachel Fattal snapped a tie in the fourth quarter, helping the U.S. women’s water polo team beat Hungary 5-4 in a physical quarterfinal.

U.S. captain Maggie Steffens scored two goals and played terrific defense on Hungary center Rebecca Parkes down the stretch.

The U.S. is going for an unprecedented fourth consecutive gold medal. Next up is Australia, which advanced with a 9-6 win over Greece. Spain faces Australia in the other semifinal on Thursday at Paris La Defense Arena. Spain rolled over Canada for an 18-8 victory, and the Netherlands beat Italy 11-8 in the second quarterfinal.

Track master: Gabby Thomas sped to the win in the women’s 200 meters. She finished in 21.83 seconds to add a gold to the bronze she took home in the event from Tokyo three years ago.

The 27-year-old Harvard graduate, who has a Masters in public health, took the lead for good at the curve and was never challenged in the final stretch. She grabbed her head with both hands after winning. Thomas beat 100 champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia by 0.25 seconds. Brittany Brown of the U.S. got the bronze.

Champs roll into semis: The reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s volleyball team posted a straight-set victory against Poland.

The Americans led throughout while taking the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-14. They fell behind 5-0 and 7-1 in the third set before rallying to close it out, 25-20.

Next up is a semifinal date Thursday with powerhouse Brazil, which swept the Dominican Republic.

U.S. coach Karch Kiraly said he was thrilled to get his players off their feet sooner — and not have to play any extra sets, especially for setter Jordyn Poulter as she continues to regain her form in match play after coming back from a devastating left knee injury in December 2022.

Tough day at the beach: Switzerland ousted Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes from the beach volleyball tournament. That ended the chances of bringing a fifth women’s gold in the last six Olympics.

Top-ranked David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden jump-set their way into the semifinals. They beat Evandro and Arthur of Brazil 21-17, 21-16. In an earlier quarterfinal, Germany beat the Netherlands in straight sets to reach the final four.

American wrestler makes history: Amit Elor, just 20 years old, defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 in the women’s 68-kilogram final to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female.

Elor, already a two-time world champ, outscored her opponents 31-2 in four matches.

Perfect 10, gold for Chinese diver: Quan Hongchan of China not only won her second gold medal in diving at these Games, she did it with a perfect score of 10 on her first of five dives.

The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, hardly making a ripple and setting off wild cheers from Chinese fans.

The 17-year-old, a three-time world champ has scored 10 three times before, including twice while winning gold in Tokyo.

Chen Yuxi of China took silver, a repeat of their finish three years ago. The two Chinese women teamed up earlier to win the 10-meter synchronized.