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Post by Admin on Jul 31, 2018 19:39:08 GMT
Lindsey Horan scored in the 90th minute to give the United States a 1-1 draw with Australia on Sunday night in the Tournament of Nations. Horan scored on a bouncing header off a well-placed corner kick from Megan Rapinoe. The tie extended the Americans' undefeated streak to 18 games. "I actually thought, performance-wise, I thought we played pretty well," Rapinoe said. "We had a lot of chances, exposed them quite a bit in the wide areas. We were able switch the ball quite a bit. We had some good chances."
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Post by Admin on Aug 3, 2018 18:50:42 GMT
After going down early in the first half due to an own goal, the U.S. Women’s National Team roared back with three goals in the second half to earn a 4-1 win against Brazil and take home its first Tournament of Nations title in front of a spectacular crowd of 18,309 at Toyota Park. After Australia beat Japan, 2-0, in the day’s early game, the U.S. knew it also needed to win by a two-goal margin in order to maintain its lead via tie-breakers over the Matildas in the tournament standings, and set about trying to accomplish just that from the outset. The USA had control of the match from the get-go and produced several chances that could have opened the scoring in its favor. But, against the run of play, it was Brazil that struck first via a counterattack from Debinha. U.S. defender Tierna Davidson attempted to clear a cross that instead deflected into the back of her own net in the 16th minute. Unfazed by the surprise deficit, the U.S. continued to push forward on offense and found the equalizer via some terrific play and a top-class finish from Rose Lavelle in the 33rd minute, sending the teams into the locker room tied at the half.
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2018 18:47:37 GMT
The United States went into their last game of the Tournament of Nations knowing they needed to win by at least two in order to top the standings. But honestly, winning a friendly tournament seemed incidental to the frustration of just not being able to put the ball in the net in the first half, followed by the exuberance of finally figuring it out in the second. Of note, Rose Lavelle finally returned to a starting spot in the midfield, and she immediately combined with Tobin Heath along the right to put in crosses. She had a beautiful feed for Heath that bypassed three players in a tight column in the 6’, and made a great run a couple minutes later for the feed from Heath. Megan Rapinoe was creating her own personal brand of havoc on the left side as well, sometimes lingering unmarked between Brazil’s lines. But again, the US wasn’t quite on target, and Brazil gobbled up plenty of loose balls for fast counterattacks, which bit the US early on in the 16’. The defense was pressed high with the rest of the team, with space in behind Emily Sonnett, and with Brazil sucking defenders towards the run, a low-chance shot deflected off of Tierna Davidson for an own goal to make it 1-0 for Brazil. The team responded pretty well, shifting the focus of their attacks through different points in the midfield. Sometimes it was Horan trying to drag the play through the middle, sometimes it was Ertz stepping up to create pressure, and sometimes it was Lavelle finding space. It did make for a pretty vertical half; the US might have benefited from more dynamic switching in the midfield. They pumped a lot of crosses in Brazil’s box, though, even if they weren’t finding the right targets. Finally, Lavelle tied everything up in the 34’. She sneaked into space and waited patiently for Horan’s ball, hitting it neatly on the half volley and finishing it in the back corner to make it 1-1.
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Post by Admin on Aug 9, 2018 18:46:20 GMT
The Journey is an original U.S. Soccer series that follows U.S. Women’s National Team players on and off the field as they work toward earning a spot at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
In this episode of The Journey, Sponsored by Motrin, U.S. WNT midfielder Julie Ertz reflects on her incredible year in 2017 after her move from center back into defensive midfield which would earn her the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year, the support from her husband, Super Bowl champion Zach Ertz, the wildly successful year for both of them, and looks ahead to the challenges that await.
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2018 18:49:07 GMT
WNT vs. Jamaica: Highlights - Oct. 14, 2018
The U.S. Women’s National Team booked its spot at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup by rolling past Jamaica 6-0 in the semifinal of the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship. It will be the eighth consecutive World Cup appearance for the USA, which has appeared in each of the previous seven tournaments that have been contested and winning in 1991, 1999 and 2015.
MNT vs. Colombia: Highlights - Oct. 11, 2018
The USA scored inside the first 10 minutes in its fourth consecutive game at this tournament with Tobin Heath finding the net just 100 seconds into the game. She then added another goal later in the half for her second career multi-goal game. Megan Rapinoe scored on a beautiful finish in the 15th minute to expand the lead to 2-0. Julie Ertz and Alex Morgan also tallied to hand the USA a 5-0 advantage at halftime. By the end of a dominant first half, the USA had out-shot Jamaica 15-1.
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