NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lindsey Heaps had a aim and an help, and Jaedyn Shaw additionally scored to propel the United States to a sixth straight shutout victory with a 2-0 win over Argentina within the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday.
The U.S. has outscored opponents 27-1 over its previous seven video games. Coach Emma Hayes’ squad hasn’t misplaced since falling 2-1 to Portugal in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 23.
Heaps scored from the highest of the field within the nineteenth minute. Emma Sears labored the ball out of the left nook and into the field, then handed to a wide-open Heaps, who transformed together with her left foot. It was her thirty ninth worldwide aim, probably the most on the present U.S. roster.
Shaw discovered the again of the online from the highest left nook of the field. Her right-footed shot curved towards the left submit and into the online for her tenth worldwide aim.
After Shaw scored, Lilly Reale was handled for a proper leg harm and changed by Emily Fox.
Throughout stoppage time, Argentina’s Milagros Martín was assessed a yellow card for shoving Trinity Rodman within the again after she got here on as a second-half substitute. Rodman was handled on the sphere in second-half stoppage time and didn’t return for the ultimate minutes of the match.
The U.S. dominated possession, holding the ball 67.7% of the time. The Individuals had three pictures heading in the right direction, whereas Argentina had only one heading in the right direction towards U.S. goalkeeper Claudia Dickey.
The SheBelieves Cup — a four-team round-robin that additionally contains Canada and Colombia — strikes to Columbus, Ohio, on March 4, when the Individuals will tackle Canada. The Canadians beat Colombia 4-1 earlier Sunday.
Info from The Related Press was used on this recap.
