3 years later, Marta gets another shot at Solo

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Bent at the waist, her back to the goal, Marta buried her face in her hands.

Her left-footed blast from 6 yards looked certain to be a winner, the goal that would give Brazil's women the Olympic gold medal and their first title at a major tournament. How, Marta would ask afterward, did she not score?

Hope Solo, that's how.

"I just remember Marta being point-blank cracking it, and Hope stretching out and getting a hand on it," U.S. captain Christie Rampone said. "Seeing it out of the corner of your eye, yeah, you think it's going in. It gave us that adrenaline going forward."

Fired up by Solo's highlight-reel save, the Americans would go on …