England beat the U.S. for the first time since 2017 and less than 10 months before the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Stanway’s penalty in the 33rd minute put the hosts in front for good before 76,893 fans. Victory extended England’s unbeaten run to 23 games under coach Sarina Wiegman. England stopped the Americans’ 13-game winning streak and 21-match unbeaten streak dating to a 1-0 defeat to Canada in a 2021 Olympics semifinal.
The Americans equalized just before the half-hour mark. Millie Bright tried to pass out of the back to a tightly covered Stanway, and Lindsey Horan poked the ball forward to Sophia Smith, who turned and fired low to the left corner past a diving Mary Earps. England and the U.S. wore teal armbands in solidarity with sexual abuse victims and together held a banner that read “Protect the Players” just before kickoff. A report this week into the scandals that erupted in the National Women’s Soccer League last season found emotional abuse and sexual misconduct were systemic in the league.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reportsHuman rights group submitted ads promoting hate and ethnic violence, and Facebook reportedly accepted them.
Read more »
Padres' Joe Musgrove says he doesn't 'feel great' about his 2017 Astros titlePadres' Joe Musgrove, who won World Series with 2017 Astros, says he doesn't 'feel great' about it
Read more »
Kevin Spacey Goes to Trial in New York Five Years After Sexual-Misconduct AllegationsCivil case brought by Anthony Rapp centers on a 1986 encounter the ‘Rent’ star first detailed in a 2017 BuzzFeed article
Read more »
Free speech group asks university to reinstate professor who attended Charlottesville rallyA free speech advocacy group has called for the reinstatement of a Furman University professor suspended last weekend for attending a White supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Read more »