The USA closes out group play at the Women’s World Cup when it plays Nigeria on Tuesday night. It played Nigeria in three of the last four World Cup, winning the three games by a 13-1 margin, but theSuper Falcons are much improved since then. Nigeria’s defense is suspect, but the USA has not done a good job so far of creating chances for itself.

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