Olympics soccer latest: American women eye fifth gold medal, Brazil's Marta wants her first

PARIS (AP) — The United States will play Brazil in the gold-medal match of the women’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The Americans are seeking a fifth Olympic gold medal, though they haven't won a gold since 2012 in London.

The U.S. was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016 and settled for bronze three years ago at Tokyo.

The teams have faced each other twice before in Olympic gold-medal games. The U.S. won both times — 2-1 in Athens in 2004 and 1-0 at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Brazil great Marta can end her international career with a gold medal. She has said her sixth Olympics will be her last major tournament with the national team.

Brazil great Marta is not in the starting lineup for what is expected to be her last international game.

The 38-year-old forward is back after serving a two-game suspension for a red card. But she’ll be on the bench for the start of the gold-medal game against the United States.

This is likely to be the last game of the 38-year-old forward’s international career at her sixth Olympics. She has two silver medals, from the 2004 Athens Games and in Beijing four years later.

FIFA imposed a two-game ban on Marta for the red card she received in a group-stage 2-0 loss to Spain for a foul on Olga Carmona.

The Brazil captain sat out Brazil’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over host France and 4-2 win over Spain in the semifinals.

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Brazil's Marta leaves the pitch after being shown a red card during a women's Group C soccer match between Brazil and Spain, at Bordeaux Stadium, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Bordeaux, France. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

United States' Trinity Rodman fights for the ball with Germany's Felicitas Rauch during a women's semifinal soccer match between the United States and Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at Lyon Stadium in Decines, France. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Delta Air Lines flight with cabin pressure issues left some passengers with bleeding eardrums, headaches and bloody noses.

The flight was traveling Sunday from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, when pilots of the five-year-old Boeing 737-900ER aircraft noticed a pressurization problem and made an emergency landing back in Utah's capital, according to the flight log.

Passengers told television station KSL they noticed people bleeding as the plane decreased in elevation over the Great Salt Lake. Pilots announced they were returning to the airport but did not explain why, passenger Caryn Allen said. Oxygen masks did not deploy.

Allen described watching her husband cover his ears in pain while other passengers tried to help a man on the other side of the aisle who had an uncontrollable bloody nose.

Another passenger, Jaci Purser, told KSL it felt like someone was stabbing her inner ear.

“I grabbed my ear, and I pulled my hand back, and there was blood on it,” she said.

Paramedics met passengers at the gate and identified at least 10 people out of the 140 on the flight who required medical attention. They recommended that anyone who was bleeding go to the hospital for further evaluation, and Delta offered to cover those transportation costs, the airline said.

“We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on Sept. 15,” Delta said in a statement. “The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”

The airline said the plane was taken out of service Sunday and went back into service Monday after technicians resolved an issue that made the plane unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet, Delta said.

FILE - Delta planes sit at their gates on June 13, 2022, at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)