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UNC Soccer: Alessia Russo and England are on to the World Cup Final

Well, there’s one more step to go, but the England Lionesses are finally in a Women’s World Cup final, after failing to make it past the semi-finals in the 2015 and 2019 WWC. This fresh off the heels of a spectacular Euro 2022 win in front of a sold out Wembley Stadium, England is running on momentum and history.

Hosts Australia and England faced off yesterday for the right to face Spain in Sunday’s final. England found first blood when Carolina alum Alessia Russo got to the by-line and cut a pass into the box, which Ella Toone struck sweetly into the right corner:

THE LIONESSES LEAD

Ella Toone fires England in front pic.