Women's International Friendly

FT Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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Match Report

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United States women survive scare to beat Nigeria in friendly

Rose Lavelle scored the go-ahead goal and the U.S. women won its 13th straight match with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria on Tuesday night.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
6
Saves
1
35.3
Possession
64.7
5
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
180
Accurate Passes
430
277
Passes
515
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
33
25
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
6
13
Effective Clearances
10
13
Clearances
10

Highlights

02:23 USWNT loses its shutout streak in win over Nigeria Watch on ESPN 00:26 Mallory Pugh's cross is knocked in by Nigeria for the USWNT's first goal Watch on ESPN 00:48 Nigeria snaps the USWNT's shutout streak with a 2nd-half goal Watch on ESPN 00:55 Rapinoe makes instant impact with assist on Lavelle's diving header Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

USA leads series 5-0

Lineups

USA · 4-3-3

  1. 18Casey MurphyG
  2. 12Naomi GirmaCD-L
  3. 3Alana CookCD-R
  4. 19Emily FoxLB
  5. 8Sofia HuertaRB
  6. 14Sam CoffeyCM
  7. 10Lindsey HeapsLM
  8. 16Rose LavelleRM
  9. 13Alex MorganF
  10. 9Mallory SwansonLF
  11. 11Sophia WilsonRF

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Chiamaka NnadozieG
  2. 5Blessing DemehinCD-L
  3. 3Osinachi OhaleCD-R
  4. 8Rofiat ImuranLB
  5. 4Glory OgbonnaRB
  6. 18Jennifer EcheginiAM
  7. 13Christy UcheibeLM
  8. 7Toni PayneRM
  9. 9Ifeoma OnumonuF
  10. 15Rasheedat AjibadeAM-L
  11. 12Michelle AlozieAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Own Goal by Blessing Demehin, Nigeria. USA 1, Nigeria 0.
  2. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Uchenna Kanu replaces Onyi Echegini.
  3. 50' Goal! USA 1, Nigeria 1. Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Glory Ogbonna.
  4. 62' Substitution, Nigeria. Nicole Payne replaces Glory Ogbonna.
  5. 65' Substitution, USA. Megan Rapinoe replaces Sophia Smith.
  6. 66' Goal! USA 2, Nigeria 1. Rose Lavelle (USA) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Megan Rapinoe with a cross.
  7. 79' Substitution, Nigeria. Gift Monday replaces Ifeoma Onumonu.
  8. 80' Substitution, USA. Hailie Mace replaces Emily Fox.
  9. 80' Substitution, USA. Ashley Hatch replaces Alex Morgan.
  10. 83' Substitution, Nigeria. Amanda Mbadi replaces Christy Ucheibe because of an injury.
  11. 83' Substitution, Nigeria. Vivian Ikechukwu replaces Michelle Alozie.
  12. 85' Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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