The women’s group USA have lost two matches in a row for the first time in over five years following a 2-0 friendly defeat to Spain on Tuesday at El Sadar in Pamplona. The Americans failed to recover from a 2-1 loss to England a few days earlier, ending a 13-match winning streak.
The last time the USA lost two games in a row was in the 2017 SheBelieves Cup: 1-0 against England on March 4 and 3-0 vs. France three days later. Barça centre-back Laia Codina put the Spanish team ahead in the 39th minute and Esther González doubled the lead in the 72nd.
Although the USA fielded a young team and came out with some sensitive casualties, Spain fared worse after the controversy that arose with 15 soccer players who refused to be called up after showing their disagreement with Jorge’s continuation Vilda. But ‘Pula’ took the lead in the 39th minute after a corner kick: the clearance rebounded in the area and Laia Codina finished with the tip of her foot in the goal after a series of rebounds.
Casey Murphy kept the Americans alive with a superb save from Real Madrid player Olga Carmona’s shot with 20 minutes remaining. But the goalkeeper couldn’t stop striker Esther González’s volley from the center of the box after a serve by Oihane Hernández.
The US team will now face Germany twice: on November 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and three days later in Harrison, New Jersey.
Source: La Verdad
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