It had been two decades since the United States lost a women's soccer game to neighboring Canada and five years since the Americans dropped a major tournament, but all of that came to an end with a penalty kick in the 74th minute of the Olympic semifinal in Kashima, Japan on Monday. After a scoreless first half, Canada went up 1-0 in the 74th minute on Jessie Fleming's penalty against backup US goalkeeper Adrianna Franch, who had replaced injured Alyssa Naeher in the 20th minute. The controversial foul was whistled by Ukrainian referee Kateryna Monzul after American defender Tierna Davidson collided Canadian midfielder Deanna Rose's leg as they chased down a loose ball. The penalty itself may be debated for some time, but Team USA's performance in the 2020 Olympics can only be described as disappointing. The reigning World Cup champions and gold medal favorites began the tournament by snapping their 44-match winning streak with a 3-0 loss to rival Sweden in group play. Later the US played underdog Australia to a 0-0 draw, but the team appeared to have turned the corner by beating the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals. 'Things just didn't fall our way,' US forward Alex Morgan said of the tournament, as quoted by The Wall Street Journal. 'We didn't play our best… I don't know why.' Canada goes on to face the winner of the late semifinal in Yokohama between Sweden and Australia. The gold medal match is set for Friday at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The US has been knocked out of gold medal contention, but still has a chance to win a bronze - a medal the team has never played for at the Olympics. United States' Kelley O'Hara, left, talks to teammate Lindsey Horan after being defeated 1-0 by Canada during a women's semifinal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics Jessie Fleming of Canada scores their first goal from the penalty spot against Adrianna Franch Megan Rapinoe comforts Carli Lloyd (crouched) after suffering a semifinals loss on Monday The Americans, who were vying for their fifth gold medal, had earned a spot in the semifinals on a 4-2 penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands on Friday. Naeher was key to the victory over the Dutch in the quarterfinals, with a penalty save during regulation and two more in the deciding shootout, but she came down awkwardly trying to go up for the ball in front of her goal in the 20th minute on Monday. She was attended to by trainers for some five minutes while the backup Franch warmed up. While she tried to stay in the game, Naeher couldn't continue and Franch was subbed into the game in the 30th minute. Overall the United States is 51-4-7 against Canada. The most recent meeting was a 1-0 US victory at the SheBelieves Cup in February. The previous Olympic meeting was back in 2012, a controversial semifinal match that went to overtime. Canadian star Christine Sinclair scored three goals, but the United States won it 4-3 on Alex Morgan's header in the 123rd minute. The controversy stemmed from questionable calls, including a rare six-second violation against Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod late in regulation — touching off a sequence that resulted in the tying goal. Canada advanced 4-3 on a penalty shootout after a scoreless draw with Brazil in this tournament. The Canadians have won the bronze medal in the past two Olympics. The US already advanced further in Japan than in the Rio Games, when the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sweden. Coach Vlatko Andonovski has been creative with his lineups throughout the tournament. On Monday, Lynn Williams, originally an alternate, started her second straight game. Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe and Samantha Mewis were on the bench to start. Rapinoe had the game-clinching penalty kick against the Netherlands. She came in early in the second half, along with Lloyd and Christen Press. Lloyd fired off a shot in the 65th minute that forced Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe to leap to push it over the crossbar. A short time later, Labbe stopped Julie Ertz's head off a corner from Rapinoe as the United States increased the pressure. Feming's successful penalty chilled the Americans' momentum. Canada started Sinclair, the all-time leading international goal scorer among men or women with 187 goals. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility