United States vs Japan, 2020 SheBelieves Cup

· SheBelieves Cup
United States
  • 7': Megan Rapinoe
  • 26': Christen Press
  • 83': Lindsey Heaps
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3 - 1
Japan
  • 58': Mana Iwabuchi

United States defeats Japan to win third SheBelieves Cup

The United States women's national team defeated Japan 3-1 to win the SheBelieves Cup at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday.

Match Timeline

  • 1': Julie Ertz (United States) Offside at 1'
  • 1': Ayaka Yamashita (Japan) Free Kick at 1'
  • 1': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 1'
  • 2': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 2'
  • 2': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Blocked Pass at 2'
  • 3': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 3'
  • 3': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 3'
  • 4': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Throw In at 4'
  • 4': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 4'
  • 4': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 4'
  • 4': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Foul at 4'
  • 5': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Yellow Card at 5'
  • 7': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Goal - Free-kick at 7'
  • 10': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 10'
  • 11': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Corner Kick at 11'
  • 12': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 12'
  • 13': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 13'
  • 13': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Throw In at 13'
  • 13': Lindsey Horan (United States) Handball at 13'
  • 14': Ayaka Yamashita (Japan) Free Kick at 14'
  • 15': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 15'
  • 15': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 15'
  • 16': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 16'
  • 16': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 16'
  • 16': Christen Press (United States) Foul at 16'
  • 16': Saki Kumagai (Japan) Free Kick at 16'
  • 17': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 17'
  • 18': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Throw In at 18'
  • 18': Narumi Miura (Japan) Foul at 18'
  • 18': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Free Kick at 18'
  • 19': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Blocked Pass at 19'
  • 19': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 19'
  • 19': Julie Ertz (United States) Offside at 19'
  • 20': Moeka Minami (Japan) Free Kick at 20'
  • 21': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Throw In at 21'
  • 21': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Blocked Pass at 21'
  • 21': Narumi Miura (Japan) Assists Shot at 21'
  • 21': Yuika Sugasawa (Japan) Shot Off Target at 21'
  • 23': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 23'
  • 24': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Corner Kick at 24'
  • 24': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Corner Kick at 24'
  • 25': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Throw In at 25'
  • 25': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Foul at 25'
  • 25': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Free Kick at 25'
  • 26': Christen Press (United States) Goal at 26'
  • 26': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Assists Shot at 26'
  • 28': Julie Ertz (United States) Foul at 28'
  • 28': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Free Kick at 28'
  • 28': Sam Mewis (United States) Blocked Pass at 28'
  • 28': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Shot Blocked at 28'
  • 28': Hina Sugita (Japan) Assists Shot at 28'
  • 31': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Blocked Pass at 31'
  • 31': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Assists Shot at 31'
  • 31': Christen Press (United States) Shot Off Target at 31'
  • 32': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Corner Kick at 32'
  • 32': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Corner Kick at 32'
  • 35': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 35'
  • 36': Narumi Miura (Japan) Foul at 36'
  • 36': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Free Kick at 36'
  • 37': Narumi Miura (Japan) Foul at 37'
  • 37': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Free Kick at 37'
  • 38': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Foul at 38'
  • 38': Lindsey Horan (United States) Free Kick at 38'
  • 38': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 38'
  • 38': Tobin Heath (United States) Throw In at 38'
  • 39': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 39'
  • 40': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 40'
  • 40': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 40'
  • 41': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 41'
  • 41': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Assists Shot at 41'
  • 41': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Shot Off Target at 41'
  • 43': Doko Mayo (Japan) Assists Shot at 43'
  • 43': Narumi Miura (Japan) Shot Blocked at 43'
  • 43': Narumi Miura (Japan) Corner Kick at 43'
  • 43': Narumi Miura (Japan) Corner Kick at 43'
  • 43': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Assists Shot at 43'
  • 43': Mina Tanaka (Japan) Shot On Target at 43'
  • 44': Hina Sugita (Japan) Corner Kick at 44'
  • 44': Hina Sugita (Japan) Corner Kick at 44'
  • 45': Becky Sauerbrunn (United States) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Substitution at 45'
  • 46': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 46'
  • 46': Julie Ertz (United States) Foul at 46'
  • 47': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Free Kick at 47'
  • 47': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Blocked Pass at 47'
  • 48': Julie Ertz (United States) Offside at 48'
  • 49': Doko Mayo (Japan) Free Kick at 49'
  • 49': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 49'
  • 50': Tobin Heath (United States) Foul at 50'
  • 50': Tobin Heath (United States) Yellow Card at 50'
  • 51': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Free Kick at 51'
  • 51': Hina Sugita (Japan) Assists Shot at 51'
  • 51': Doko Mayo (Japan) Shot On Target at 51'
  • 51': Doko Mayo (Japan) Offside at 51'
  • 51': Adrianna Franch (United States) Free Kick at 51'
  • 52': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 52'
  • 52': Sam Mewis (United States) Offside at 52'
  • 53': Moeka Minami (Japan) Free Kick at 53'
  • 53': Julie Ertz (United States) Offside at 53'
  • 53': Saki Kumagai (Japan) Free Kick at 53'
  • 53': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 53'
  • 55': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Throw In at 55'
  • 57': Crystal Dunn (United States) Throw In at 57'
  • 57': Tobin Heath (United States) Throw In at 57'
  • 58': Emi Nakajima (Japan) Assists Shot at 58'
  • 58': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Goal at 58'
  • 59': Megan Rapinoe (United States) Throw In at 59'
  • 60': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 60'
  • 60': Julie Ertz (United States) Blocked Pass at 60'
  • 60': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 60'
  • 61': Mallory Pugh (United States) Substitution at 61'
  • 61': Casey Short (United States) Substitution at 61'
  • 61': Casey Short (United States) Throw In at 61'
  • 63': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 63'
  • 63': Sam Mewis (United States) Foul at 63'
  • 64': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Free Kick at 64'
  • 64': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Assists Shot at 64'
  • 64': Saki Kumagai (Japan) Shot Off Target at 64'
  • 64': Narumi Miura (Japan) Foul at 64'
  • 64': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Free Kick at 64'
  • 65': Doko Mayo (Japan) Foul at 65'
  • 65': Christen Press (United States) Free Kick at 65'
  • 65': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Offside at 65'
  • 66': Ayaka Yamashita (Japan) Free Kick at 66'
  • 67': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Assists Shot at 67'
  • 67': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Shot Blocked at 67'
  • 67': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Offside at 67'
  • 68': Adrianna Franch (United States) Free Kick at 68'
  • 69': Narumi Miura (Japan) Corner Kick at 69'
  • 70': Yuka Momiki (Japan) Assists Shot at 70'
  • 70': Yuika Sugasawa (Japan) Shot Off Target at 70'
  • 71': Carli Lloyd (United States) Substitution at 71'
  • 72': Rose Lavelle (United States) Substitution at 72'
  • 72': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 72'
  • 73': Becky Sauerbrunn (United States) Blocked Pass at 73'
  • 73': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Corner Kick at 73'
  • 73': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Corner Kick at 73'
  • 75': Narumi Miura (Japan) Shot Hit Woodwork at 75'
  • 75': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Assists Shot at 75'
  • 75': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 75'
  • 76': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Offside at 76'
  • 76': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Free Kick at 76'
  • 78': Lynn Williams (United States) Substitution at 78'
  • 78': Casey Short (United States) Throw In at 78'
  • 78': Casey Short (United States) Throw In at 78'
  • 79': Mallory Pugh (United States) Assists Shot at 79'
  • 79': Carli Lloyd (United States) Shot Off Target at 79'
  • 79': Casey Short (United States) Throw In at 79'
  • 80': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 80'
  • 80': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 80'
  • 81': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 81'
  • 81': Lynn Williams (United States) Throw In at 81'
  • 81': Julie Ertz (United States) Handball at 81'
  • 81': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Foul at 81'
  • 82': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Free Kick at 82'
  • 82': Saki Kumagai (Japan) Corner Kick at 82'
  • 82': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Corner Kick at 82'
  • 83': Mallory Pugh (United States) Assists Shot at 83'
  • 83': Lindsey Horan (United States) Goal - Header at 83'
  • 84': Riko Ueki (Japan) Substitution at 84'
  • 84': Lynn Williams (United States) Foul at 84'
  • 84': Ayaka Yamashita (Japan) Free Kick at 84'
  • 85': Kelley O'Hara (United States) Throw In at 85'
  • 85': Rose Lavelle (United States) Foul at 85'
  • 85': Moeka Minami (Japan) Free Kick at 85'
  • 85': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Throw In at 85'
  • 86': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 86'
  • 86': Casey Short (United States) Blocked Pass at 86'
  • 87': Mallory Pugh (United States) Foul at 87'
  • 87': Mana Iwabuchi (Japan) Free Kick at 87'
  • 88': Shiori Miyake (Japan) Throw In at 88'
  • 88': Moeka Minami (Japan) Blocked Pass at 88'
  • 89': Narumi Miura (Japan) Assists Shot at 89'
  • 89': Yuika Sugasawa (Japan) Shot Blocked at 89'
  • 89': Mallory Pugh (United States) Assists Shot at 89'
  • 89': Carli Lloyd (United States) Shot Off Target at 89'
  • 90': Doko Mayo (Japan) Throw In at 90'
  • 90'+2': Riko Ueki (Japan) Foul at 92'
  • 90'+2': Riko Ueki (Japan) Yellow Card at 92'
  • 90'+3': Adrianna Franch (United States) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+3': Narumi Miura (Japan) Foul at 93'
  • 90'+4': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Free Kick at 94'
  • 90'+4': Abby Dahlkemper (United States) Assists Shot at 94'
  • 90'+4': Lindsey Horan (United States) Shot On Target at 94'

Statistics

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11 Fouls 9
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 7
6 Corner Kicks 2
1 Saves 3
55.3 Possession 44.7
11 SHOTS 7
4 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
416 Accurate Passes 302
513 Passes 411
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
3 Accurate Crosses 3
17 Crosses 14
0.2 Cross % 0.2
65 Long Balls 57
34 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 0
10 Effective Tackles 12
15 Tackles 18
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
15 Interceptions 12
11 Effective Clearances 9
11 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: SheBelieves Cup

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 19,096

SheBelieves Cup Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 United States 3 +4 9
2 Canada 3 +2 5
3 Colombia 3 -3 3
4 Argentina 3 -3 1
Full Table

Line-Ups

USA United States (4-3-3)

No. Name
21 Adrianna Franch (GK)
12 Tierna Davidson
7 Abby Dahlkemper
19 Crystal Dunn
5 Kelley O'Hara
8 Julie Ertz
9 Lindsey Heaps
3 Sam Mewis
23 Christen Press
15 Megan Rapinoe
17 Tobin Heath Yellow Card
United States Substitutes:
Ashlyn Harris, Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Ali Krieger, Jessica McDonald, Lynn Biyendolo, Casey Krueger, Mallory Swanson, Rose Lavelle, Alyssa Naeher, Andi Sullivan, Emily Sonnett.

JPN Japan (4-4-2)

No. Name
18 Ayaka Yamashita (GK)
5 Moeka Minami
4 Saki Kumagai
3 Shiori Miyake
22 Doko Mayo
6 Hina Sugita
17 Narumi Miura
7 Emi Nakajima
15 Mina Tanaka Yellow Card
9 Yuika Sugasawa
10 Yuka Momiki
Japan Substitutes:
Mami Ueno, Jun Endo, Chika Hirao, Sakiko Ikeda, Riko Ueki, Asato Miyagawa, Risa Shimizu, Mana Iwabuchi, Mayu Ikejiri, Hikaru Naomoto, Arisa Matsubara.

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