It was not until one minute past the half-hour mark that the U.S. reclaimed the lead as Lindsey Horan chipped her cross into the middle of the box and Morgan headed in her sixth goal of the tournament.

The 30-year-old Morgan thus became the first player in the Women's World Cup history to score a goal on her birthday and shared the pole position with White on the top scorer leaderboard.

Rapinoe, who started in four of the U.S.'s first five games, was not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's semifinal. She netted two goals against France in their 2-1 quarterfinal victory last Friday.

"I can't express how proud I am. It was such a great effort. We had some challenges in terms of bodies, and everyone stepped up, and that's what this team are about," said the American coach Jill Ellis after the match.

"Stay humble, we've got one more (game)," she added, referring to the final here on Sunday.

With Tuesday's victory, the U.S., who lifted trophy of the quadrennial event in 1991, 1999 and 2017, reached the final for the third consecutive World Cup and will have to wait until Wednesday to find out if they will be facing Netherlands or Sweden.

England were knocked out at the semifinals for the second tournament in a row but have the opportunity to finish third again in the play-off match in Nice on Saturday.

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