U.S. U-20 women beat France, 1-0, in Brittany opener

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Mar 4, 2018

The U.S. under-20 women's national team opened its trip to Brittany with a 1-0 win over U-20 Women's World Cup host France.

Brianna Pinto’s first U-20 goal was the difference for the USA, which got a big game in goal from Amanda McGlynn. The Virginia Tech keep recorded seven saves to pick up her first shutout at the U-20 level.

The U-20s traveled to Brittany to get a flavor of the Under-20 Women's World Cup. Vannes will be one of the four host cities in Brittany for this summer's Under-20 Women's World Cup.

March 3 in Vannes
France 0 USA 1. Goal: Pinto 58.               
France -- Chavas, De Almeida, Bacha, Galera (Piga), Laurent, Le Loch’h Zamanian (Braham, 63), Katoto, Gavory, Thibaud, Bourdieu (Boussaha, 46), Gago (Baltimore, 64).
USA -- McGlynn, McKeown (Brewster, 46), K.Rodriguez, Morse, Pickett, Howell, Pinto (Sheehan, 89), Villacorta (Coffey, 74), Torres (Kim, 46), Smith (Turnbow, 74), Kuhlmann (Hocking, 89)
Att.: 450.