USA-BRAZIL EXPRESS:March 5 in Tampa, Fla.USA 1 Brazil 0. Goals: Heath 20.Att.: 14,009 After 2-2 ties against both Japan and England, the USA finished second to England in the SheBelieves Cup thanksto Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Brazil, which had opened with loses to England (2-1) and Japan (3-1). A swift counterattack led to Tobin Heath’s 20th-minute […]
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USA-England: SheBelieves Cup Player Ratings
USA-ENGLAND EXPRESS:March 2 in Nashville, Tenn.USA 2 England 2. Goals: Rapinoe 33, Heath 67;Houghton 36, Parris 52.Att.: 22,125. Once again, the USA settled for a 2-2 tie at the SheBelieves Cup, drawing with England intheir second game in the four-team tournament on a chilly Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee. Phil Neville’s Lionesses showed why they are […]
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USA-Japan: SheBelieves Cup Player Ratings
USA-JAPAN EXPRESS:Feb. 27 in Chester, Pa.USA 2 Japan 2. Goals: Rapinoe 23, Morgan 76; Nakajima 67,Momiki 91+.Att.: 14,555 The USA, 100 days ahead of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, gave up the lead twice to settle for 2-2 tie with Japan in its first of threeSheBelieves Cup games. After a strong start, Coach Jill Ellis‘ […]
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USA-Costa Rica: Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-COSTA RICA EXPRESS:Feb 2 in San Jose, CaliforniaUSA 2 Costa Rica 0. Goals: Lletget (Lewis) 80,Arriola (Lletget) 88.Att.: 13,656 In Gregg Berhalter‘s second game at the helm, following last week’s 3-0 win over Panama, the USA outplayed and beatCosta Rica, 2-0, on Saturday. Especially dominant in the second half, the USA got its deserved win […]
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USA-Panama: Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-PANAMA EXPRESS:Jan. 27 in Glendale, ArizonaUSA 3 Panama 0. Goals: Mihailovic (Baird) 40,Zimmerman (Lima) 80, Ramirez (Lewis) 88.Att.: 9,040 Seven players made their USA debuts in Coach Gregg Berhalter‘s first game at the helm — a 3-0 winover Panama, also a team in the midst of rebuilding — and for the most part the debutants […]
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USA-Spain: Women's Friendly Player Ratings
SPAIN-USA EXPRESS:Jan. 22 in AlicanteSpain 0 USA 1. Goal: Press 54.Att.:9,182 How would the USA rebound from getting outplayed and beaten by France, 3-1, last Saturday? On Tuesday against Spain, following a poor first 45 minutes, halftime sub ChristenPress‘ solo effort earned the Americans a 1-0 win in what was the first encounter between the […]
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USA-France: Women's Friendly Player Ratings
FRANCE-USA EXPRESS:Jan. 19 in Le Havre, FranceFrance 3 USA 1. Goals: Diani (Cascarino) 9, Diani(Torrent) 57, Katoto (Bussaglia) 78; Pugh (Lloyd) 91+.Att.: 23,000. Overconfidence during preparations for this summer’s World Cup won’t be a problem for the USA thanks toits feeble performance in a 3-1 loss to France that ended the Americans’ 28-game unbeaten streak. […]
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USA-Italy: Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-ITALY EXPRESS:Nov. 20 in Genk, BelgiumUSA 0 Italy 1. Goal: Politano 94+.Att.: 13,500 The USA neglected the attack part of its counterattack approach against Italy and was fortunate to escape with a 1-0 loss on Tuesday. Dismal Italian finishing andsome big saves from goalkeeper Ethan Horvath kept the game scoreless until stoppage time. Not until […]
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USA-England Men's Friendly Player Ratings
USA-ENGLAND EXPRESS:Nov. 15 in LondonEngland 3 USA 0. Goals: Lingard 25, Alexander-Arnold 27,Wilson 77.Att.: 68,155. The young U.S. players will not bring back good memories from playing in famous WembleyStadium. On their heels from the kickoff, they were down 2-0 by the 27th minute, never looked capable of competing with the 2018 World Cup semifinalist, […]
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Scotland-USA Women's International Friendly: Pugh and Morgan combine for sweet gamewinner
SCOTLAND-USA EXPRESS:Nov. 13 in PaisleyScotland 0 USA 1. Goal: Morgan 39.Att.: 3,790. The USA finished 2018 undefeated, with an 18-0-2 record, thanks to a 1-0 win at Scotland on Tuesday. The narrow win was the USA’s second of a two-game Europe tour– after it qualified for the 2019 World Cup by winning last month’s Concacaf […]