The United States women’s national team lost again, this time 1-2 matches Germany, on their first three-game winning streak since 1993 and the first home loss in more than five years. Paula Krumbiegel scored the decisive goal in the 89th minute for the Germans in an exhibition at the DRV PNK Stadium.
Megan Rapinoe scored in the 85th minute for the Americans, who are unbeaten in 71 consecutive home games. The team’s last loss on American soil was to Australia in July 2017. The United States lost to England and Spain last month.
Lindsay Horan and Rose Lavelle had chances, with no luck. On a counterattack, USA goalkeeper Casey Murphy made a spectacular save but Klara Buhl grabbed the rebound, which hit the post and rose past Murphy for an own goal in the 52nd minute. Rapinoe, who came off the bench in the 73rd minute, scored after a cross from Alex Morgan to tie the game.
Coach Vlatko Andonovski said that while he was not happy with the loss, he saw many positives. “We saw what we wanted to see. We talk about accuracy in the final third, we talk about the connection between the three forwards, we talk about the connection between the midfielders and the forwards. So everything we said we wanted to see in this game, we saw it. Now, obviously, we didn’t. The finishing touch, that’s what we missed.”
Source: La Verdad
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