Looking for an USA vs Japan live stream? We've got you covered. Olympics coverage is free on 9Now in Australia, CBC Gem in Canada and BBC iPlayer in the UK. Travelling abroad? Use a VPN to watch women's Olympics football from anywhere.
Date: Saturday, August 3
Kick-off: 2pm BST / 9am ET / 6am PT / 11pm AEST
FREE STREAMS: 9Now (Australia), CBC Gem (Canada), BBC iPlayer (UK)
The USWNT take on Japan looking to maintain their 100% record at this summer's Olympic games. The Stars and Stripes breezed their way through a group featuring Germany and Australia, ranked 4th and 12th in the world respectively.
Japan, meanwhile, showed their grit to overcome Brazil in the group stage to secure their spot in the knockout rounds. The Japanese ran reigning world champions Spain close in a 2-1 defeat in the first group game to further underline their credentials as a serious threat at this summer's tournament.
Kick-off is at 9am ET / 6am PT. Make sure you know how to watch women's Olympics football wherever you are, and for full fixture information, head to our complete schedule for Olympics 2024 football.
Watch United States vs Japan in the US
NBCUniversal has the US rights to Paris 2024 in the US. Olympics coverage will be shared between the company's cable channels, and the Peacock streaming service.
The match is only available digitally for US viewers, so you'll need to subscribe to Peacock to tune into USWNT vs Japan.
You can sign up to Peacock Premium for $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year. The ad-free Peacock Premium Plus will set you back $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year.
Use a VPN to watch USA vs Japan from anywhere
If you’re travelling abroad for USA vs Japan then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal when you know you'd have access back home.
But help is at hand. All you need to do to navigate those geoblocking restrictions is buy yourself a VPN (Virtual Private Network) – assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, of course.
A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is also entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
There are plenty of good-value options out there, but NordVPN scores particularly highly for the Olympics:
Free United States vs Japan live streams
Outside the US there are plenty of places you can watch the USWNT vs Japan live streams – including free options in Australia and Canada.
Australia
Channel 9 and the 9Now streaming service have the most comprehensive free-to-air Paris 2024 coverage anywhere in the world. You can watch Olympics live streams from almost every session live and on demand through dedicated channels across the network.
Paid subscription service Stan is also covering the Games ad-free, live and on-demand and in 4K resolution.
Travelling abroad during the tournament? Fans away from home can still watch their usual USA vs Japanlive stream as they would back home. All you need is a quality VPN, such as NordVPN, to watch your usual free stream when overseas. Read on to find out how.
Canada
Free Olympics coverage is available in Canada courtesy of CBC and its CBC Gem streaming service. (There's also an option to watch without ads if you pay $5.99 a month for CBC's Premium service. The first seven days are free and you can cancel at any time.)
You can also watch Olympics live streams via subscription services Sportsnet and TSN.
Watch United States vs Japan in the UK
UK
You'll be able to watch free Olympics live streams throughout the Games across the BBC's terrestrial channels, the Red Button and the BBC iPlayer streaming service – though you will need a valid TV Licence to tune in.
Unfortunately, the BBC doesn't have full rights to the Olympics, and is limited to broadcasting two streams at any one time. In other words, if USA vs Japan isn't one of the lucky events chosen you'll need to go elsewhere.
For the most comprehensive service in the UK you'll need to subscribe to Eurosport and Discovery Plus, who are offering 3,800 hours of live coverage across 55 streams. Between now and 11 August you can take advantage of a special Olympics offer to subscribe to the Discovery Plus Standard plan. This gives you access to all the Olympics action for just £3.99 per month, a massive saving on the usual £6.99. Even better, new customers will be able to take advantage of the discounted price for the rest of the year.
USA vs Japan: Team News
Emma Hayes could be without both Tierna Davidson and forward Jaedyn Shaw after their pair missed the 2-1 win over Australia in recent days with respective fitness issues.
The USWNT will, however, retain the full force of their imperious attacking trio of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson, who have contributed to all but one of the team's nine goals so far in the competition.
Meanwhile, Japan have been boosted by the return of Manchester United star and 2023 World Cup top scorer Hinata Miyazawa who has featured in the group stage despite spending the season on the sidelines with an ACL tear.
However, they will be without Manchester City's Risa Shimizu, who saw her tournament ended by a serious injury sustained in the opening game against Spain.
USA vs Japan: Confirmed line-ups
USA: Alyssa Naeher, Emily Fox, Korbin Albert, Naomi Girma, Trinity Rodman, Crystal Dunn, Mallory Swanson, Lindsey Horan, Sophia Smith, Emily Sonnett, Rose Lavelle.
Japan: Ayaka Yamashita, Moeka Minami, Saki Kumagai, Toko Koga, Kiko Seike, Fuka Nagano, Mina Tanaka, Hikaru Kitagawa, Yui Hasegawa, Aoba Fujino, Miyabi Moriya.
USA vs Japan: Referee
Swedish referee Tess Olofsson will be in charge of proceedings in Paris
Stadium
USA vs Japan will be played at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Take a look at all of the Olympics stadiums where games will be played across France.
