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USWNT's 'rusty' win over Iceland shows evolution is needed

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AUSTIN, Texas -- On Thursday, the United States women's national team picked up where it left off in August: on the podium. Two hours before kickoff of the team's first game since winning the 2024 Olympics, the 18 players present from that squad filed out onto the field to face Iceland at the Q2 Stadium and stood on an elevated platform to record a prematch TV interview.

Gold was omnipresent around the arena, from the medal around captain Lindsey Horan's neck during the interview, to special "champions edition" aluminum water bottles and spiked seltzer cans.