The Olympic Gold Medalists U.S. ladies’s nationwide staff returned to motion on Thursday evening with a 3-1 win over Iceland.
Alyssa Thompson scored her first USWNT purpose in her return to worldwide obligation earlier than Jaedyn Shaw and Sophia Smith added late second-half targets to pad the victory. Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher made three saves within the outcome.
The primary half was an train in possession for the USWNT, controlling 70% of the ball whereas discovering their finest alternatives by set items. The smothering counterpresss fed the possession but additionally allowed Iceland possibilities once in a while which they might not capitalize on.
As Emma Hayes seemed to enhance her personal staff’s medical ending following a profitable Olympics marketing campaign in her first ten matches on the helm, it was the one starter on the evening who missed out on the event who offered the spark. Persevering with her red-hot membership type, Thompson put her work within the “Christen Press faculty of ending” to make use of for her first nationwide staff purpose in typical trend chopping in from the left wing onto her proper foot for a robust end.