USA players celebrate following their sides victory in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Semi Final match between England and USA.
(CNN) - For the ability to rise to the occasion, for the aptitude to turn a blind eye to pressure and produce on the grandest of stages, there is still no team quite like the US as the defending champion saw off a talented England team 2-1 to reach the Women's World Cup final.
Though challenged by the world's finest teams in the knockouts, the USWNT remains firmly on its perch.
But England will be kept awake at night by thoughts of what might have been after captain Steph Houghton missed a penalty in the final 10 minutes.
It is rare for such an anticipated match to live up to its promise, but this semifinal between the No.1 and No.3 ranked teams in the world certainly did.