0m in the past / 3:54 AM EDT
U.S. fanatics display strengthen — and frustration
U.S. fanatics at Eden Park confirmed robust strengthen for the ladies’s crew, with many touring to Auckland, New Zealand, to cheer them on.
However the fit has led some to additionally voice rising frustration, with boos heard ringing out from the stands after the referee confirmed Rose Lavelle her 2d yellow card of the event.
Via part time, some within the crowd gave the impression a bit of surprised by means of the lackluster U.S. efficiency thus far.
6m in the past / 3:49 AM EDT
Part time: U.S. 0-0 Portugal
That is part time after a irritating first 45 mins for the U.S. completed with a just right effort from Lynn Williams within the field.
Neither aspect has created very a lot however Portugal will for sure really feel higher about how issues have long past thus far. Can the U.S. exchange issues and reinforce after the spoil?
12m in the past / 3:42 AM EDT
Rose Lavelle will get a yellow
U.S. midfielder Rose Lavelle has been proven a yellow card after eliminating an opponent in midfield.
It way she’ll have to stroll a tightrope for the rest of this recreation but additionally that she is going to now be suspended and can leave out the following fit assuming the U.S. advances.
Which may be a large blow for the crew.
19m in the past / 3:36 AM EDT
Netherlands on target to complete above the U.S.
The Netherlands is already main 3-0 in opposition to Vietnam within the different Workforce E recreation.
With the U.S. nonetheless tied in opposition to Portugal, that implies because it stands the Netherlands would win the gang with the U.S. advancing however in 2d position.
That would go away the U.S. going through a harder opponent within the subsequent spherical.
35m in the past / 3:19 AM EDT
Portugal grows into the sport
Portugal has settled into the sport neatly after a robust get started from the U.S. and simply got here with regards to scoring.
A go in at the back of the U.S. protection ended in a shot throughout Alyssa Naeher’s function. The U.S. may not be feeling so nice about those opening 20 mins.
46m in the past / 3:09 AM EDT
Portugal on the lookout for its first win over Group USA
Within the 10 instances they have got confronted off, Portugal hasn’t ever bested Group USA.
If truth be told, Portugal hasn’t ever scored in opposition to the U.S.
General, the U.S. has outscored Portugal 39-0, however two of the ultimate 4 outings had been made up our minds by means of just one function.
Their ultimate assembly used to be in 2021 in Houston, when the U.S. got here out on best 1-0, because of a 76th-minute function from Samantha Mewis.
48m in the past / 3:07 AM EDT
U.S. places Portugal underneath early force
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The U.S. has began neatly, successful an early nook off a scale back to Alex Morgan and already having a pair efforts on function.
54m in the past / 3:00 AM EDT
Kick off in ultimate U.S. staff recreation
We’re underway in Eden Park with the USWNT having a look to seal a spot within the knockouts.
55m in the past / 3:00 AM EDT
USWNT stocks beginning lineup
47m in the past / 3:07 AM EDT
Fanatics collect at Eden Park for U.S. girls’s football recreation
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The thrill used to be rising as fanatics collected at Eden Park forward of kickoff.
“For sure gotta carry those potstickers to U.S. girls’s football video games!” stated Kennedy Stomps, middle, with Krista Jimenez and Wilson Griffith.
Sabrina Justen and Dan Bagnall, who reside in Auckland, display their strengthen for the ladies’s nationwide crew. Sabrina, a Colorado local, is a former professional footballer. “This can be a magical enjoy to peer the game come thus far. I cried!”
