USA vs. Germany: What They're Saying Ahead of the Women's World Cup Semifinal

The U.S. will take on Germany in the semifinal of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET in a matchup between the consensus top two teams in the tournament.

Entering the World Cup, these were the two squads everyone wanted to see go at it, and they're both determined to prove who is the best in the world.

Even Alex Morgan gets the sense this is the most highly-anticipated matchup of the whole event, according to Jeff Kassouf of NBC Sports.

Meanwhile, ESPN reporter Antonietta Collins took to Twitter to express her excitement for the big game, a sentiment surely shared throughout the country:

U.S. coach Jill Ellis faces some difficult lineup decisions going into the game. The personnel groups she decides to play will greatly change the dynamic of the contest.

With Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday both out against China because of yellow card suspensions, Ellis inserted Morgan Brian and Kelley O'Hara into the lineup and they filled in admirably. 

Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated believes Rapinoe is certain to start Tuesday's game, but whether that comes at the expense of O'Hara or Tobin Heath remains to be seen.

"The question is whether she replaces O'Hara or Tobin Heath," Wahl wrote. "I'd lean toward keeping O'Hara on the field based on her movement on both sides of the ball."

Furthermore, Abby Wambach lost her starting spot to Amy Rodriguez in the previous game and it's unknown who Ellis will turn to in the semifinal.

For what it's worth, Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union-Tribune prefers Rodriguez over Wambach based on what he saw against China:

Regardless of how much time she spends on the field, Wambach finds a way to get through to her teammates. Though she only played a few minutes against China, Wambach wasn't any less into the game.

"I'm very passionate," Wambach said, per the Los Angeles Times. "Some of my teammates had to move away from me during the game because I'm kind of obnoxious on the bench. I'm screaming and yelling for my teammates."

There will be plenty of screaming and yelling to go around in Tuesday night's elimination game.

According to ESPN Stats and Info, there's a 73 percent chance that either the U.S. or Germany win it all, while the other two teams left—Japan and England—combine for a 27 percent chance to come in first:

By about 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, one of these two teams will have a zero percent chance of being crowned 2015 Women's World Cup champions.

It'll be a close match, but the duo of Celia Sasic and Anja Mittag lead an offensive attack more frightening than anything the U.S. and goalkeeper Hope Solo have seen during this tournament.

The U.S. will put a couple of shots past Germany's Nadine Angerer, but Sasic and Mittag will one-up them to advance to the World Cup final with a 3-2 win.