Nigeria’s own goal and spectacular header from Rose Lavelle extend USA’s home unbeaten streak to 71 games; Victorious Night concluded with the official signing of historic, first-of-its-kind CBAs that achieved true pay equity between the US Women’s and Men’s National Teams
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 6, 2022) – The US Women’s National Team defeated Nigeria 2-1 to extend the team’s unbeaten home streak to 71 games. A first-half Nigeria own goal and an acrobatic header from midfielder Rose Lavelle, who was assisted with class by forward Megan Rapinoe just seconds after coming off the bench, led the Americans to their thirteenth straight win and second win over the Super Falcons in four days. The USA threatened in attack immediately when debutant midfielder Samantha Coffey intercepted a pass in the second minute and found forward Alex Morgan inside the box. Morgan turned on goal and fired a shot on goal, forcing a save from goalkeeper Chiamaka Nniadoze, who would go on to have a strong performance with six saves on the night. The USA dominated possession and looked consistently dangerous as they strung together attacking plays through coherent passing that required plenty of defending from the Nigerian backline, which showed improvement from the previous outing on September 3 in Kansas City. After a handful of close chances, the United States opened the scoring after Nigeria defender Blessing Demehin tried to clear a low cross from the left flank that was hit on the ground by forward Mallory Pugh, but she redirected the ball into her own net. Four minutes after entering the game as a halftime substitute, Uchenna Kanu equalized for the Super Falcons when she received a long ball that beat the American backline. She dribbled into the left side of the penalty area and finished with a quality shot into the top right corner that was beyond the reach of US goalkeeper Casey Murphy. The goal marked just the second the USA has conceded in 2022 and ended the team’s nine-game shutout streak that lasted an impressive 880 minutes. The 1-1 scoreline didn’t last long as Lavelle put the USA ahead in the 66th minute with a brilliant diving header after a precise post from Rapinoe, who had entered m. atch as a substitute a minute earlier. It took Rapinoe exactly 73 seconds of action to create the assist, her second of the year and the 73rd of her international career, moving her into a tie with Abby Wambach for third on the USA’s all-time assist chart. The USA did well to salt away the rest of the match with some quality possession while continuing to create scoring chances and remain undefeated on the year at 13-0-1. After the victory, the festivities continued on the field with the official signing of the historic, first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreements from the U.S. Football Association, U.S. The Women’s National Team Players Association and the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association. achieved true equal pay between the USWNT and the USMNT, setting the global standard forward in international soccer. A large portion of the crowd of 18,869 stayed to watch the signing ceremony. GOAL SCORING: USA – Blessing Demehin (own goal), 24 min – Mallory Pugh received the ball on the left wing from a pass from defender Emily Fox and sent a driven, low cross into the heart of the box to meet Horan’s run. Demehin stretched to clear the pass to safety but accidentally knocked the ball into his own net to open the scoring. USA 1, NGA 0 NGA – Uchenna Kanu (Glory Ogbonna), 50 min – Ogbonna played a long ball across the pitch to meet Kanu on the run. The half-time substitute settled the ball and dribbled into the left side of the box before firing a right-footed shot into the top-right corner to equalise. USA 1, NGA 1 USA – Rose Lavelle (Megan Rapinoe), 66th minute – After a quick attacking play in the middle of the pitch, Rapinoe received the ball on a run into the left side of the box, took a great setting touch and then chipped in a cross. to Lavelle. She finished with a diving head – one where she was going to die nke away from the goal to meet the ball – and redirect the ball from six yards out from the right post and over the goal line to regain a lead that the USA would not relinquish. USA 2, NGA 1 EXTRA NOTES: Midfielder Samantha Coffey earned her first USWNT cap and first start as she played the full 90 minutes. The 23-year-old, who earned her first call-up to the senior national team in June, became the 250th woman to earn a cap for the USWNT and the sixth player to earn a first cap for the United States this year. She is the 16th player overall to earn a cap under head coach Vlatko Andonovski. Nigeria’s first-half own goal marked the USA’s sixth own goal of the year, extending the program record for most own goals in a calendar year. The USA’s nine-game shutout was tied for the third-longest in USWNT history, spanning 880 minutes. Kanu’s 50th-minute goal was the first allowed by the United States since Uzbekistan’s Aziza Norboeva scored off a corner kick in the 70th minute of the April 9 meeting in Columbus, Ohio. The USA won that game 9-1. Midfielder Rose Lavelle’s goal marked her fourth of the year and 22nd of her career. Lavelle has now been directly involved in 10 goals in the USA’s last 11 games, tallying four goals and adding six assists. The USA’s 71-match home unbeaten streak, which includes 64 wins and seven draws, has now spanned more than five years. During this unbeaten home streak, the USA has outscored its opponents 266-29, including a 133-3 margin over the last 32 games at home, all of which have been victories except for a 0-0 tie against the Czech Republic on February 17. and with Korea Republic on October 21, 2021. This is the second-longest home unbeaten streak in USWNT history, the longest lasting 104 games from December 2004 to December 2015. Andonovski has an overall record of 41-2-6 in 49 games. -U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM REPORT- Match: USA Women’s National Team vs. Nigeria Date: 6 September 2022 Konku rrence: International Friendly Venue: Audi Field; Washington DC. Spectators: 18.86 9 Kickoff: 18:08. ET Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy Score summary: 1 2 F USA 1 1 2 NGA 0 1 1 USA – own goal (Blessing Demehin) 24th minute NGA – Uchenna Kanu (Glory Ogbonna) 50 USA – Rose Lavelle (Megan Rapinoe) 66 Lineups: USA: 18-Casey Murphy; 19-Emily Fox (5-Hailie Mace, 80), 12-Naomi Girma, 3-Alana Cook, 8-Sofia Huerta; 14-Sam Coffey, 16-Rose Lavelle, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.); 9-Mallory Pugh, 13-Alex Morgan (7-Ashley Hatch, 80), 11-Sophia Smith (15-Megan Rapinoe, 65) Subs not used: 1-Alyssa Naeher, 21-Aubrey Kingsbury, 2-Ashley Sanchez, 4 -Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Savannah DeMelo, 17-Andi Sullivan, 20-Taylor Kornieck, 22-Kristie Mewis, 23-Midge Purce Head Coach: Vlatko Andonovski NGA: 16-Chiamaka Nnadozie, 3-Osinachi Ohale, 4-Glory Ogbonna (17 -Nicole Payne, 62) 5-Blessing Demehin, 7-Toni Payne, 8-Rofiat Adenike Imuran, 9-Ifeoma Onumonu (2-Gift Monday, 79), 12-Michelle Alozie (14-Vivian Ikechukwu, 83), 13- Christy Ucheibe (10-Amanda Mbadi, 83), 15-Rasheedat Ajibade (Capt.), 18-Onyi Echegini (6-Uchenna Kanu, 46) Unused Subs: 1-Christy Ohiaeriaku, 11-Akudo Ogbonna, 19-Deborah Abiodun, 20-Esther Onyenezide Head Coach: Randy Waldrum Stat Summary: USA / NGA Shots: 16/5 Shots on Goal: 7/2 Saves: 1/5 Corner Kicks: 3/5 Fouls: 3/13 Offside: 3/0 Abuse Summary: NGA – Rasheedat Ajibade (Caution) 85th minute Officials: Referee: Odet te Hamilton (JAM) AR1: Jassett Kerr-Wilson (JAM) AR2: Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing (JAM) 4th Official: Natalie Simon (USA) Budweiser Woman of the Match: Rose Low ell
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 6, 2022) – The US Women’s National Team defeated Nigeria 2-1 to extend the team’s unbeaten home streak to 71 games. A first-half Nigeria own goal and an acrobatic header from midfielder Rose Lavelle, who was assisted with class by forward Megan Rapinoe just seconds after coming off the bench, led the Americans to their thirteenth straight win and second win over the Super Falcons in four days.
The USA threatened in attack immediately when debutant midfielder Samantha Coffey intercepted a pass in the second minute and found forward Alex Morgan inside the box. Morgan turned on goal and fired a shot on goal, forcing a save from goalkeeper Chiamaka Nniadoze, who would go on to have a strong performance with six saves on the night.
The USA dominated possession and looked consistently dangerous as they strung together attacking plays through coherent passing that required plenty of defending from the Nigerian backline, which showed improvement from the previous outing on September 3 in Kansas City. After a handful of close chances, the United States opened the scoring after Nigeria defender Blessing Demehin tried to clear a low cross from the left flank that was hit on the ground by forward Mallory Pugh, but she redirected the ball into her own net.
Four minutes after entering the game as a halftime substitute, Uchenna Kanu equalized for the Super Falcons when she received a long ball that beat the American back line. She dribbled into the left side of the penalty area and finished with a quality shot into the top right corner that was beyond the reach of US goalkeeper Casey Murphy. The goal marked just the second the USA has conceded in 2022 and ended the team’s nine-game shutout streak that lasted an impressive 880 minutes.
The 1-1 scoreline did not last long as Lavelle put the USA ahead in the 66th minute with a brilliant diving header off a pinpoint cross from Rapinoe, who had entered the game as a substitute just over a minute earlier. It took Rapinoe exactly 73 seconds of action to create the assist, her second of the year and the 73rd of her international career, moving her into a tie with Abby Wambach for third on the USA’s all-time assist chart.
The USA did well to salt away the rest of the match with some quality possession while continuing to create scoring chances and remain undefeated on the year at 13-0-1.
After the victory, the festivities continued on the field with the official signing of the historic, first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreements from the U.S. Football Association, U.S. The Women’s National Team Players Association and the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association. achieved true equal pay between the USWNT and the USMNT, setting the global standard forward in international soccer. A large portion of the crowd of 18,869 stayed to watch the signing ceremony.
GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN:
USA – Blessing Demehin (own goal), 24 min – Mallory Pugh received the ball on the left wing from a pass from defender Emily Fox and sent a driven, low cross into the heart of the box, aiming to meet Horan’s run. On the same subject : Briefly about weekend sports. Demehin stretched to clear the pass to safety but accidentally knocked the ball into his own net to open the scoring. USA 1, NGA 0
NGA – Uchenna Kanu (Glory Ogbonna), 50th minute – Ogbonna played a long ball across the pitch to meet Kanu on the run. The half-time substitute settled the ball and dribbled into the left side of the box before firing a right-footed shot into the top-right corner to equalise. USA 1, NGA 1
USA – Rose Lavelle (Megan Rapinoe), 66th minute – After a quick attacking play in the middle of the pitch, Rapinoe received the ball on a run into the left side of the box, took a great setting touch and then chipped in a cross. to Lavelle. She finished with a diving header – one where she had to dive away from the goal to meet the ball – and redirected the ball from six yards out off the right post and over the goal line to regain a lead the USA would not relinquish. USA 2, NGA 1
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
-U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT-
Match: USA Women’s National Team vs. To see also : Morristown ESO Artisanal Pasta NJ sits in third place in the Great Food Truck Race. Nigeria
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Audi Field; Washington DC.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy
Summary of results: 1 2 F
USA 1 1 2
NGA 0 1 1
USA – own goal (Blessing Demehin) 24th minute
NGA – Uchenna Kanu (Glory Ogbonna) 50
USA – Rose Lavelle (Megan Rapinoe) 66
USA: 18-Casey Murphy; 19-Emily Fox (5-Hailie Mace, 80), 12-Naomi Girma, 3-Alana Cook, 8-Sofia Huerta; 14-Sam Coffey, 16-Rose Lavelle, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.); 9-Mallory Pugh, 13-Alex Morgan (7-Ashley Hatch, 80), 11-Sophia Smith (15-Megan Rapinoe, 65)
Subs Not Used: 1-Alyssa Naeher, 21-Aubrey Kingsbury, 2-Ashley Sanchez, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Savannah DeMelo, 17-Andi Sullivan, 20-Taylor Kornieck, 22-Kristie Mewis, 23-Midge Purce
NGA: 16-Chiamaka Nnadozie, 3-Osinachi Ohale, 4-Glory Ogbonna (17-Nicole Payne, 62) 5-Blessing Demehin, 7-Toni Payne, 8-Rofiat Adenike Imuran, 9-Ifeoma Onumonu (2-Gift Monday, 79), 12-Michelle Alozie (14-Vivian Ikechukwu, 83), 13-Christy Ucheibe (10-Amanda Mbadi, 83), 15-Rasheedat Ajibade (Capt.), 18-Onyi Echegini (6-Uchenna Kanu, 46)
Unused Subs: 1-Christy Ohiaeriaku, 11-Akudo Ogbonna, 19-Deborah Abiodun, 20-Esther Onyenezide
Shot: 16/5
Shots on target: 7/2
Saves: 1/5
Offside: 3/0 Summary of abuse:
NGA – Rasheedat Ajibade (Caution) 85th minute
AR2: Stephanie-Dale Yee Sing (JAM)
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