The U.S. national team doesn’t leave for Europe and this summer’s Women’s World Cup for another two weeks. That’s probably a good thing given the way the Americans played in a ragged 3-0 win over South Africa before a crowd of 22,788 at Levi’s Stadium.
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd gets a hug from teammate Megan Rapinoe after scoring a goal in the second half Sunday.
The crowd was the largest for a national team game, men or women, this year, although it had plenty of room to move around in the 68,500-seat NFL stadium. And while the crowd was rewarded with the second two-goal game of Sam Mewis’ national team career, for much of the day it had little else to cheer from a U.S. team that didn’t really come alive until the final half-hour.
The top-ranked Americans controlled the ball 70% of the time and had a 19-5 edge in shots against an opponent that, aside from the rare counterattack, rarely showed any interest in trying to score.It’s a strategy the U.S. has seen before -- Sweden used it to eliminate the U.S. in the quarterfinals of the last Olympics — and the Americans can count on seeing it again in France, especially in their first two group-play matches against Thailand and Chile.
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