There will be a first-time winner of the Women's World Cup this year, and maybe, just maybe, it will be host country Australia.
The Matildas, serving as co-hosts of the tournament with New Zealand, became the first home team since the United States in 1999 to win a quarterfinal in nine Women's World Cups. Australia has reached its first semifinal in team history and faces England on Wednesday for a chance to play for the title.
The earthquake Friday in New Zealand's capital of Wellington measured 5.6 on the Richter scale and created minor shaking in and around the stadium. It took 20 penalties to decide the winner in the longest shootout in the history of the tournament. It was the game of a lifetime for goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold, who stepped up to take a penalty with the score at 3-3 but hit the post.
England already has won in front of a hostile crowd -- the 75,784 in attendance for its quarterfinal win over Colombia were mostly clad in Colombian colors -- and Wiegman said "we expect a similar crowd for Australia.
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