Tokyo Olympics: Matildas hold on for draw against US to book likely berth in Olympic quarter-finals 

The Matildas have held gold medal favourites USA to a nil-all draw to book a likely quarter-final berth at the Tokyo Olympics. 

The United States are automatically through to the next round after finishing second in group G ahead of Australia on goal difference. 

The Matildas will likely to advance as the third-place finisher in the group, but will have to wait until late Tuesday night for their quarter-final berth to be confirmed.

‘We obviously came here to win but at the end of the day, a point is a point and they are a really good team, as we know,’ Matildas’ captain Sam Kerr told Channel Seven.

‘We will take the point and we move on.’

USA looked out of sorts with the Matildas controlling possession for much of the game.

USA thought they hit the front at the 30th minute courtesy of a Alex Morgan header but it was disallowed for being offside.

‘I thought we played really well,’ Kerr said.

‘I thought we dominated for most of the game but at the end of the day, you don’t win a medal by tying with the USA so hopefully we can go through and continue to play like that and we might go a long way.’

With 12 teams competing in the women’s soccer tournament, the top two finishers in each of the three groups advance to the knockout stage, along with the top two third-place finishers.

The only way Australia could miss out is if hosts Japan beats Chile and China wins comfortably against Netherlands.