BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have acquired defenseman Colin Miller from the Vegas Golden Knights for a pair of draft picks, the Sabres announced Friday.

The Golden Knights acquired a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft and a 2022 fifth-round selection.

It's the second trade in two days for Vegas, which continues to shed payroll in a bid to get under the $81.5 million salary cap. Miller completed the first year of a four-year, $15.5 million contract he signed last summer. On Thursday, the Golden Knights traded forward Erik Haula to Carolina.

The 26-year-old Miller has four seasons of NHL experience and had three goals and 26 assists for 29 points in 65 games last season. That was a drop-off from the previous year when he led Golden Knights defensemen with a career-best 41 points (10 goals, 31 assists).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Now just two games away from winning another Women's World Cup, the United States is not discussing any of the criticism aimed at standout forward Megan Rapinoe, she told ESPN after Friday's 2-1 quarterfinal win over hosts France.

Rapinoe scored both of the Americans' goals, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted about her "disrespect" for the country following the release of a months-old video of Rapinoe saying, ""I'm not going to the f---ing White House."

But while her comments and the president's response might be driving headlines, Rapinoe said she and her teammates are talking about practically anything else they can.

"I haven't been thinking about it too much. Obviously, I'm thinking about it a little bit -- we're having to talk about it, whatever -- but I've never been one to get in my [Twitter] mentions, so I'm not getting in them now," she told ESPN. "Stay out of it; just keep within the team environment and the bubble.

"I have so much support around me, from the media team helping me to just the group and my family and friends and everybody. So we just keep it chill; we just basically -- kinda just shoot the s--- every day, and we're just trying to find stuff to talk about -- and that's not what we're talking about."

- FIFA Women's World Cup: All you need to know
- Full Women's World Cup fixtures schedule

On the field, Rapinoe has now scored five goals in four appearances in France to set up a semifinal clash against England, and after the president tweeted to "WIN first before she TALKS!" in reference to Rapinoe, she acknowledged the U.S. still has a long road ahead.

"Obviously we're very excited about this, and we can be excited about it for a minute; and then you gotta put it away," she said. "We haven't done anything that we want to do yet. We have a tremendous team ahead of us in England, who had a very dominating performance in their last game. So we'll just rest, chill, have a good trip down on the train to Lyon tomorrow, and start to focus in on England."

Despite the high stakes, Rapinoe is still managing to have a little fun. Asked in the mixed zone after the game if her performance against France meant more coming the night before the Paris Pride march, Rapinoe, who is openly gay, replied: "Go gays. You can't win a championship without gays on your team, it's pretty much never been done before ever. Science, right there. ...

"To be gay and fabulous during pride month at the World Cup is nice."

Reigning champions Chile advanced to the semifinals of the Copa America on Friday after beating Colombia 5-4 in a penalty shootout following a 0-0 draw at the Corinthians arena.

Alexis Sanchez got the winning kick for Chile after William Tesillo missed Colombia's last attempt.

Chile, who won both the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals on penalties, had two goals chalked off after video assistant referee reviews.

Chile will face either Uruguay or Peru in Wednesday's semifinal in Porto Alegre. The other semi is between hosts Brazil and Argentina.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- When Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni looks at his glass, he can wonder all he likes about whether it's half-full or half-empty -- and make an excellent case for both. What he'll have to concede, though, is that whatever liquid is in it looks about as appealing as a brown cocktail, which is what you get when you play bartender without Mr. Boston and with the wrong mix of top-shelf liquor and off-brand, plastic-bottle swill.

Brazil are up next for Argentina after the 2-0 win over Venezuela at the Maracana on Friday, and while the merry band of Albiceleste fans who are bound to rock up to Belo Horizonte will still be belting out the song in which they ask the hosts how it feels to have the daddy pushing them around in their house, at this stage it feels more like bluster and false courage.

- Copa America: All you need to know
- Full Copa America fixtures schedule

Make no mistake about it. Overcoming a Venezuela side that had beaten them 3-1 just three months ago is a step forward, and reaching the Copa America semifinals means something. But it doesn't change the fact that scoring early (and adding a second courtesy of a goalkeeper error) against a team set up to play defend-and-counter and uncomfortable with the ball can give you a false sense of security. Had Lautaro Martinez not conjured up that back heel after 10 minutes, this game could have taken an uncomfortably familiar turn: a frustrated, disjointed Argentina desperately going to the Lionel Messi well hoping for miracles.

Things did not pan out that way, and Scaloni's changes, by and large, seemed to make sense. Juan Foyth reinvented as a right-back -- a role he had never played for Argentina -- meant bolting the door on one flank, losing some attacking verve perhaps but injecting another true defender into the back line. That's something Argentina can use right now given Nicolas Otamendi's ups and downs. It might be worth revisiting against Brazil if, as expected, the Selecao have most of the ball.

Foyth's inclusion also left Argentina tilting to the left flank, which was fine, at least in the first half, since Marcos Acuna -- another newcomer -- was offering width and linking well with Nicolas Tagliafico and, when he wandered over, Messi too. Indeed as a whole, the middle of the park -- with Leandro Paredes and Rodrigo De Paul joining Acuna -- looked somewhat balanced, something which hasn't been said about them for some time. But that was against Venezuela; Brazil are a different proposition. And Acuna's needless hack on Darwin Machis at the end of the first half suggests he might not be the answer when it comes to providing the sort of disciplined performance likely to be required against Tite's crew.

At least up front, for the second game running, Scaloni stuck to the same trio: Martinez, Sergio Aguero and, of course, Messi, the sole survivor from the side who lost the World Cup final to Germany here at the Maracana five years ago. Martinez did his bit. Not just with the early moment of genius (made possible by a horrendous Aguero finish which came his way), but also with another bright counter later in the half where he was perhaps too deferential to Messi (hindsight being 20/20, he was probably better off running with it on his own). Throw in tons of sharp, selfless running and it was a good showing from the Inter Milan forward, which is what you'd expect from a 21-year-old lining up alongside two 30-somethings like Messi and Aguero.

The Manchester City striker, in particular, is very much the Argentina version of himself. Yes, there's a difference between having Pep Guardiola on the bench directing you and a guy like Scaloni, whose interim contract expires at the end of this tournament and has about as much technical area presence as a substitute's bib. And while you don't see Aguero for long stretches, if something good happens he's usually involved -- even though, ironically, both Argentina goals came from Aguero miscues that fell kindly to a teammate.

Which brings us to Messi. Critics will say he had a quiet game, and that might have been down to Venezuela ensuring he was escorted around the pitch at all times. Indeed, the boo-birds in the Argentine media were at it early in the postmatch news conference, prompting a pleading Scaloni to say that, "If you only could see everything he does on the pitch, everything he does in the dressing room, if you did, you'd change your mind."

Messi, like his manager, is himself in the glass half-full/half-empty situation right now. He had two flashes toward the end of each half -- a clever pass to Acuna, who laid on a cross that Martinez just failed to put away, and a nice ball for Angel Di Maria -- and if you're judging attacking output, that's not much by his standards. But he offered little things that made the difference. Dragging opponents out of position to clear passing lanes. Pressing -- in his own way, at his own pace, but with remarkable intensity -- late in the game, after 90 minutes in the thick, sweaty soup that passes for a Rio winter. And, at one point, during a rare period of sustained Venezuelan pressure, taking off at full pace down the flank, knowing it would end with the inevitable almighty whack, which it did, with Yangel Herrera poleaxing him into next month. It was classic "take-one-for-the-team" behavior.

And the operative word here is "team." Argentina looked like one against Venezuela, rather than the insecure, frazzled Messi-dependent collective we saw earlier in the tournament. Maybe not a particularly good team -- or one that has everything figured out -- but a group that by and large looked balanced and even confident. So much so that Messi didn't need to be Xbox Messi on the day and Argentina still found their way at the Maracana.

False dawn? Maybe. Goodness knows there are still so many incongruities and inconsistencies in Scaloni's setup that it could all come tumbling down in Belo Horizonte. But the fact that Argentina looked like a unit for the first time in a long while and Messi was more hard hat than top hat, suggests that Scaloni's brown cocktail might just taste better than it looks.

PARIS -- Megan Rapinoe played a memorable role when a World Cup quarterfinal launched a new golden era for the United States women's national team eight years ago, serving up the pinpoint pass that Abby Wambach headed home in extra time against Brazil.

On Friday night, even as darkness finally fell over a boisterous Parc des Princes in another quarterfinal for the ages, Rapinoe made sure the sun hasn't set on that era quite yet.

Scoring two goals for the second consecutive game, the first player to do that in the World Cup since Marta in 2007, Rapinoe propelled the United States to a 2-1 win against France in front of a crowd of 45,595.

"I can't get 2011 ... out of my mind, the ball she played to Abby Wambach," U.S. coach Jill Ellis said after this latest quarterfinal epic. "It just has always sat with me. Even when we had young players come in, I always said, 'Ask Megan about those moments.' Because there's a never-say-die attitude. She loves and lives for those moments."

Rapinoe gave the U.S. women the lead with a set-piece goal in the opening minutes, then added to her total in a second half in which the United States was largely under siege from the resilient French. It was that second goal that proved to be the difference after France's Wendie Renard headed in a free kick and brought France to within a goal in the final 10 minutes.

• Why USWNT-France quarterfinal match really did feel like 'final before the final'

• Megan Rapinoe's greatest heartbreak -- and hope

• Women's World Cup 2019: Everything you need to know

Rapinoe said after the previous game that she wanted a spectacle. She helped make Friday's contest the best kind.

This World Cup hasn't always come off in the best light. From a missing Ballon d'Or winner to goal celebrations to VAR to the all-around chaos of Cameroon against England, controversy has all too often overshadowed soccer. Even on Friday, concerns about excessive heat in Paris cast a proverbial, but unfortunately not literal, shadow over things. But for a night in one of the planet's grandest cities, the spectacle and the soccer were everything.

From a deafening rendition of "Le Marseillaise," the French anthem, and a spirited effort by an enormous contingent of American fans to match the noise from the hosts, the atmosphere was electric with an edge. This wasn't family fun. This was a World Cup quarterfinal.

"This is what you want for a World Cup," U.S. defender Kelley O'Hara said. "You want to have the stands packed and loud and you can't hear a thing, you can't think basically -- you can't even hear yourself speak to somebody else. As a footballer, this is what you live for."

Rapinoe indicated following the contest against Spain that she wanted just that kind of pageantry in Paris. She got it. And as usual, she made the most of it.

What distraction?

It's usually not a sign everything is going smoothly when a player has to open a news conference with a statement before taking questions, as Rapinoe did the day before the match in Paris. But in saying Thursday she stood behind her comments about not wishing to visit the White House, minus some of her language, and then shifting the focus to the game against France, she looked entirely at ease with her place in the spotlight. She always does.

Rapinoe said after the quarterfinal victory that she doesn't thrive off proving people wrong as much as she does rallying people around her. That might be, but she's pretty good as a foil too.

"C'est magnifique, c'est soir," Rapinoe said. "It's everything you want. Obviously, we're not at a home World Cup, so a good healthy, hostile crowd."

Any thought that the week's controversy would distract her or the U.S. team vanished when her free kick went under a leaping Julie Ertz and between the legs of Amandine Henry before sliding into the French net for a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute.

"We take care of ourselves, we take care of each other. We keep a very tight-knit group," O'Hara said. "... Regardless of what is happening outside, we always have each other's back inside this team, inside lines, outside the lines. It's not really about all of that. It's more so, when we step on the field, we have each other 100%, 90-plus minutes."

Early yellow unsettles France

Alex Morgan spent most of the round of 16 game against Spain getting run over, knocked down and generally hassled by opponents intent on being physical with her.

In really the first point of conflict Friday night, she didn't give France's Griedge Mbock Bathy a chance. Morgan's speed gave her a step on Bathy as both chased a ball down the left flank. Bathy didn't do much to hide the firm grip she put on Morgan's arm as a result, drawing a yellow card when the forward finally fell. That sprint, when Morgan certainly looked no worse for wear after the punishment she absorbed against Spain and after earlier injury concerns, created the free kick on which Rapinoe scored.

In addition to the obvious benefit of the goal that followed, the yellow card and the note of caution as to what the United States could do on the counter dulled France's opening salvo.

"[Morgan] worked her tail off," Ellis said. "I thought she tried to hold up play at times, did that well. I thought she looked to penetrate at times. I thought she was strong with the balls that were played into her. ... I think she put her heart and soul into this game."

U.S. digs in to survive

France completed 176 more passes than the United States and had 60% of possession. It doubled up the Americans in attempts, albeit some of that due to the furious late push for an equalizer.

Far from the offensive juggernaut that scored so many goals they created a controversy in its World Cup opener, the U.S. women settled into their own bunker with five players in the back line midway through the second half. They had their lead, the formation switch indicated, and they intended to hold it.

And it worked. The world's deepest attacking team won without any swashbuckling. It won by refusing to buckle, swash or otherwise.

Yes, the second half dissolved into a struggle for survival, but credit the U.S. women for withstanding as tough a test as any they will ever face -- slowing waves of French attacks with a stadium of fans pushing the host forward.

"It's an incredible team, and then you add to that just the surge of momentum from the fans," Ellis said. "At times, it felt like a little bit of tsunami. It was just a lot."

Becky Sauerbrunn's positioning and play throughout shone all the more while sharing the field with Renard. Sauerbrunn made a strong case, quietly as always, as the best defender in the world.

But also give credit to Crystal Dunn and O'Hara. Stretched to the breaking point by France's ability to get wide -- through Kadidiatou Diani on Dunn's side of the field and Amel Majri and Eugenie Le Sommer on O'Hara's side -- the two converted attackers hung in. It was largely composed in the first half and largely frantic in the second half, but they did the job.

"Crystal taking care of Diani, Kelley taking care of Majri and Le Sommer, Abby, JJ [Julie Ertz] and I just taking care of whoever was shooting," Sauerbrunn said. "It was a lot of crosses, we had to absorb a lot. Alyssa [Naeher] came up huge. I'm just extremely proud of the back line and just super proud of the team for gutting this out."

So if O'Hara needed a bit of luck with a near handball in the box in the closing minutes, the ball striking her arm but when it was in a natural position close to her body, she earned it.

The entire U.S. defensive effort earned it.

"The individual effort that combined for an incredible collective effort -- this is the team that I love and know," O'Hara said. "This is the team that the world knows. We play with a lot of heart and a lot of guts and a lot of grittiness."

Lindsey Horan was missed

Rose Lavelle is going to have a decade's worth of good nights in big games. Friday, unfortunately, won't rank highly on that list. The decision not to start Horan for the second game in a row was puzzling before the game started and got no less puzzling as it progressed.

While Horan dealt with multiple injuries this year, missing the SheBelieves Cup game against England, Ellis said the decision Friday was solely coach's discretion to get Sam Mewis in the game.

"Just playing Sam, that was kind of it," Ellis said. "I think Sam can separate. They're both fantastic players. I think Sam is in form, you saw that in the domestic games. And Lindsey is as well. And so the beauty of that is we have legs. You make those decisions every day as a coach."

The United States misses Horan's all-around game when she is not in the midfield, and if getting her back out there means playing her alongside Mewis, then that might need to be the plan.

On to the semifinals

It was a little more difficult than four years ago, when the U.S. women needed only to beat China to advance, but the Americans' streak of reaching the semifinals in every World Cup continues.

And the challenge doesn't get much easier. In winning its quarterfinal against Norway, England finally looked like the chic pick it was before the tournament. The English have played the U.S. women well in recent years, beating them in New Jersey in 2017, and there shouldn't be a fear factor.

It also will be the third consecutive game in which the U.S. opponent has more rest.

France, meanwhile, is out of the World Cup and fails to qualify for the Olympics next summer. The top three European finishers at the World Cup earn Olympic spots. With a new rule allowing it to compete under the Great Britain designation in the Olympics, England already is through to the semifinals and guaranteed a place in Tokyo. And Saturday's quarterfinals pit four more European teams (Italy vs. Netherlands and Sweden vs. Germany).