The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) has hosted Australia three times in friendly competitions in recent times. The outcomes were fair, if not gracious: 1W-1D-1L. On July 27, goodwill, friendly play, and kind dispositions were all but forgotten when the rivals squared off in Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima, Japan. The tense early morning Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em made-for-television tussle was entertaining from the start through the nil-nil finish, especially for the thousand or so masked-upped children viewing the match from the stands.
Fans!
Fantastic to have 1,000 local students from Ibaraki Prefecture here to take in the game in Kashima!