Our pre-season preparations continued with a 1-0 defeat against Chelsea at the Audi Field Stadium in Washington on Sunday.
Sandy Baltimore’s second-half volley was enough to separate the sides.
Aggie Beever-Jones played the ball inside to Maika Hamano early on, and she looked for the bottom right corner, but Manuela Zinsberger got down to catch it.
It was Beever-Jones again who looked dangerous moments later, appearing to be in on goal before Steph Catley showed great pace to track back and slide in to clear the danger.
Rosa Kafaji, making her first start for us, showed excellent footwork throughout the first half, and she put Caitlin Foord through with a perfectly timed pass.