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Morgan scores and Naeher saves in 2-1 victory over England

By ANNE M. PETERSON Third-ranked England went
AP Sports Writer through to the semifinals in
LYON, France (AP) — With 2015 but fell to Japan be-
Alex Morgan's cheeky tea- fore beating Germany in
sipping celebration and the third-place match for
a postgame mobbing of the Lionesses' best finish in
goalkeeper Alyssa Nae- the tournament.
her, the United States has "No words that I can say
moved a step closer to suc- tonight will make them feel
cessfully defending its latest any better," said England
Women's World Cup title. coach Phil Neville.
Morgan scored the go- England will play in the
ahead goal and Naeher third-place match on Sat-
preserved the 2-1 semifinal urday in Nice against the
victory over England by loser of the other semifinal.
smothering a late penalty Moments after Tuesday's
kick Tuesday night. loss, Neville was already
The top-ranked United looking ahead — even to
States will now face the next year.
winner of Wednesday's "My first thought was, 'How
semifinal between the do we win on Saturday,'
Netherlands and Sweden and my second thought
in the Americans' third was, 'How do we win the
straight appearance in the United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher saves a penalty shot taken by England's Steph Houghton Olympics?'" he said.
World Cup title match. during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and the United States, The United States has won
Christen Press — who start- at the Stade de Lyon, outside Lyon, France, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. 11 straight World Cup
ed with Megan Rapinoe Associated Press matches and is unde-
out with a hamstring injury feated in its last 16. With
— put the United States up that's the tea," she said. penalty shot was stopped tonight for all 90 minutes. the quarterfinal victory in
early but Ellen White's goal White's goal was also her by a diving Naeher in the Players on the field, play- France, the Americans tied
tied it before 20 minutes sixth but Morgan has the 84th minute. ers on the bench, ready Norway's record winning
had passed. Morgan's sixth edge for the tournament's It was the first penalty kick to come in and make dif- streak set over the 1995
goal of the tournament Golden Boot with three as- saved by a U.S. goalkeeper ferences," Naeher said. and 1999 tournaments.
came before the break, sists. White appeared to in regular time at the World "Obviously Christen com- The Americans have exud-
and on her 30th birthday. score her seventh in the Cup. At the final whistle, ing in and starting tonight ed confidence since arriv-
She hadn't had a goal 69th minute but video re- the team mobbed Naeher and scoring a great goal ing in France. After pounc-
since she scored five in the view determined she was in front of the goal in cele- was huge for us. And I think ing on Thailand 13-0 in the
team's 13-0 rout of Thailand offside — and the Ameri- bration. Rapinoe gave her it's just a testament to the opener and celebrating
to open the tournament. cans in the crowd of 53,512 a bear hug. team." each goal in the rout, they
After her goal, Morgan at Stade de Lyon roared. The mild-mannered goal- The Americans have been beat nemesis Sweden, the
pantomimed a sip of tea Another video review went keeper was asked after- to the semifinals of all eight team that ousted the Unit-
on the field. against the United States ward if it was the biggest World Cups, and they've ed States in the quarterfi-
"I feel like this team just has late in the game when it save of her life. "Probably won the trophy three times, nals at the 2016 Olympics.
had so much thrown at us, determined Becky Sauer- up there, yeah," she said more than any nation. And Rapinoe struck a victo-
and I felt that we didn't brunn had fouled White in smiling. The U.S. team's lone loss in rious pose in a 2-1 quarterfi-
take the easy route to the the penalty area. England "It's a special team and a World Cup title match nal victory over France on
final this tournament, and captain Steph Houghton's everybody fought hard came to Japan in 2011. Friday night in Paris.q

AP Source: Simmons, 76ers negotiating a 5-year extension

By TIM REYNOLDS 21 season. Simmons will at noon Eastern. land's Damian Lillard got a agreed with Shake Milton
Ben Simmons is apparently make about $8.1 million this Simmons was the No. 1 $196 million extension, Den- on a four-year contract
about to become the next season, the last of his four- overall pick in the 2016 draft ver's Jamal Murray got one and veteran James Ennis
recipient of a big commit- year rookie deal. Assuming and wound up making his for $170 million and Sim- on a two-year deal. Those
ment from the Philadelphia the sides agree on what will NBA debut in the 2017-18 mons is on his way to get- moves were confirmed by
76ers. be a full max, Simmons' sal- season, earning Rookie of ting the same. a person familiar with both
The All-Star point guard ary for the following season the Year honors. He was an Philadelphia is 101-58 in sets of negotiations and
and the 76ers are negotiat- would jump to about $29.3 All-Star for the first time last regular-season games who spoke to AP on condi-
ing a $170 million, five-year million and eventually rise season, and has averaged when Simmons plays. He's tion of anonymity because
extension, according to to nearly $39 million in 2024- 16.4 points, 8.5 rebounds had 22 triple-doubles in they also cannot yet be fi-
a person with knowledge 25. It's already been an and 7.9 assists in his two on- the last two seasons, tied nalized. Milton appeared
of the situation who spoke offseason of big financial court seasons. for third-most in the league in 20 games and averaged
to The Associated Press on commitments for Philadel- Simmons' extension, when with Denver's Nikola Jokic 4.4 points for the 76ers last
condition of anonymity phia, which will sign Tobias finalized, will push the and trailing only Oklahoma season. Ennis was a late-
Tuesday because neither Harris to a $180 million, five- amount of money com- City's Russell Westbrook (59) season acquisition by Phila-
the team nor Simmons re- year deal and add Al Hor- mitted to point guards this and the Los Angeles Lakers' delphia, his sixth franchise,
vealed any details publicly. ford on a four-year deal offseason — either via free LeBron James (26). and averaged 5.3 points in
ESPN first reported the ne- that could reach $109 mil- agency or extensions — Simmons also has 80 dou- 18 regular-season appear-
gotiations between Sim- lion. Those deals cannot be past the $1.2 billion mark. ble-doubles over the last ances. The second year of
mons and the 76ers. The finalized until the league's Among the biggest winners two seasons. Ennis' deal will be at his op-
deal will begin in the 2020- moratorium ends Saturday of that sweepstakes: Port- Also Tuesday, the 76ers tion, the person said.q