USWNT wins thriller vs. Netherlands, Team USA swimmers make statements in and out of water | What You Missed

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team exorcised their Rio 2016 quarterfinal demons, while outlasting the Netherlands in a penalty kick shootout, while Lilly King and Ryan Murphy had plenty to say about their silver medal finishes, and the U.S. Women's Basketball team improved to 2-0 with a win against host Japan.

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LIZ LOZA: Hello America, and welcome back to Beyond Gold. While you were just trying to get a solid eight hours, Team USA was busy dominating. Let's start with the US Women's National Soccer Team.

Y'all, this match was tense. The Dutch struck first when Vivianne Miedema, who has been on fire throughout these games, turned one loose into the net for the early lead. But it didn't last long. The US answered soon after with Lynn Williams sending a beautiful cross to Sam Mewis, who headed it home to tie things up. Then, a mere three minutes later, Lynn Williams got one of her own to give the Americans a 2-1 lead into halftime.

After another goal by Miedema to start the second half, the game turned into a stomach-twisting back and forth stalemate. With a frustrating number of offside penalties, the match came down to a penalty kick shootout in extra time. Talk about drama. But goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was lights out, saving two of four as the US kicked in all four of their attempts. Fittingly, Megan Rapinoe closed the US Women's Team out with the final kill, sending the US to the semis, where they'll take on Canada.

Now let's go over to the hardwood, where USA Women's Basketball improved to 2-0, beating Japan 86-69 for their 51st straight Olympic win. But, it didn't come easy. Japan got off to a strong start, but the Americans then kicked it up a notch in the second half, and eventually pulled away behind A'ja Wilson's 20 points and 10 rebounds. Her second straight double-double, by the way. Plus, 15 points apiece from Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart. Team USA plays next on Monday, when they'll wrap up group play versus France.

After all that running around, let's cool off in the pool, where some of Team USA's medalists made statements both in and out of the water. After Lilly King took the silver, and Annie Lazor the bronze, in the women's 200 meter breaststroke, King had this to say about the perceived lack of respect associated with second and third place finishes. Quote, "Pardon my French, but the fact that we're not able to celebrate silver and bronze is [BLEEP]," end quote.

Meanwhile, after picking up the silver in the men's 200 meter backstroke behind the ROC's Evgeny Rylov, American Ryan Murphy led his true feelings be known. Saying, quote, "I'm swimming in a race that's probably not clean, and that is what it is," end quote.

We'll stay in the pool, where Maggie Steffens etched herself into the record books, while USA Water Polo crushed the ROC 18-5. Steffens scored 4 goals en route to becoming the all time Olympic point scorer with 49 total goals. Steffens, a member of Team USA since 2012, has already helped lead the team to two straight gold medals at the Olympics.

And with gold fresh on your mind, let's take a look at the medal count standings. China is starting to pull away a bit with their gold medal lead over Japan and the US. But the Americans still hold a slight advantage over China in the total medal count. Remember, medal counts are always on the move, so be sure to follow Yahoo Sports on Twitter for moment to moment updates.

That's it for now. But be sure to check back in tomorrow for all the big moments, medals, records, and everything else you might've missed from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.