A crowd of 14,591 braved cold, windy, blustery conditions on the first night of the SheBelieves Cup at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, OH, and they witnessed a repeat of the United States-Germany result from 2017. The USWNT won, 1-0, on a first-half Megan Rapinoe goal on a night when the weather ruined what could have been a lot of promising build-up play.
As expected, Alex Morgan got the start up top for Jill Ellis. Here is the rest of the starting XI:
The U.S. fashioned the first chance of the game at the 11-minute mark when Rapinoe’s cross on a corner kick found Morgan’s head, but it had too much on it and the Pride striker could only just get a touch.