Carson – Last time when the American Women’s National Football Team was played in a tournament, things ended first, as they are accustomed to exiting 16 in the World Cup.
The new year comes with a new form, coach and tournament-winner track to bring back the program.
The first is the new version of the ConcacAF Women’s Gold Cup. The USWNT controlled its group from the beginning and came to the Dignity Health Sports Park on Tuesday night with a very comfortable win over the Republic of Dominican in front of 3,242 on a rain and cold.
The Americans made a perfect start as Lynn Williams scored from a corner kick in the second minute. However, it was decided that Sophia Smith disrupted the Dominican Republic’s goalkeeper’s vision and the target was discontinued.
About five minutes later, 18-year-old Olivia Moltry in a miz purse cross for a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute was a success in the form of 18-year-old Olivia Moltry tapped.
In the 30th minute, Williams finally had their goal, tapping for a 2–0 lead in a cross from the miz purse.
Moultrie added a second goal in the 58th minute, a pass from Purce to a 3–0 lead in the goal.
Moultrie became the third youngest player to score several goals in a match in USWNT history. The other two are Sindi Parlo Shank and Mia Hamm.
Jena Nighswangagar, a resident of Huntington Beach, capted the scoring, when he changed the penalty kick for a 4–0 lead in the 86th minute.
Alex Morgan pair another successful penalty kick in the 90th minute to close the scoring.
USWNT recorded 30 shots compared to someone for the Republic of Dominican.
With the Shebelves Cup and Paris Olympics on the tap for this year, the first training camp was the first time for players to create the first impact on the coaching staff.
The initial gold cup roster consisted of 11 players who are 25 or less. Due to the injuries of Alana Cook and Mia Fichel, a pair of reliable veterans (Becky Saurabron and Morgan) were called.
The Republic of Dominican defeated Guyana 1–0 to defeat the group phase in the early stages on Saturday to qualify for the group.
Before the start of the game, the US on Monday suffered a setback with Fichel, suffering from ACL injury. Morgan was called to replace him and entered the game as an alternative in the 67th minute.
The game was not only the first interim coach in a tournament with Twila Kilgor, but it was also the first in its original southern California. Kilgore was born in Downey and attended the Harvard-Westlake High.
“This is a great opportunity to come home, it’s amazing,” said Kilgore. “A couple of my club surprised me in training on the second day and it was like a full cycle for me. It is a great city that loves football. ,
Kilgore is serving in an interim role while the new coach Emma Hayes completed the current women’s super league season with Chelsea.
Mexico and Argentina played in a scorer draw in the first game of Tuesday. Mexico got a chance to lead early, but the Rebecca Burdered missed a penalty attempt in the 10th minute.
This tie definitely opens the race for the second place in the group.
The group will return to action with Mexico and Dominican Republic on Friday at 4:30 pm on Friday, followed by USWNT and Argentina at 7:15 pm both matches will be again in Carson.