The United States Women’s National Team successfully kicked off the Vlatko Andonovski era at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, OH, beating Sweden, 3-2. A crowd of 20,903 braved the cold to see Carli Lloyd score a first-half brace and set up a Christen Press goal.
Sweden capitalized on a pair of late mistakes by the U.S. to make things interesting but the Yanks held on. Anna Anvegard scored a second-half brace for the visitors on one U.S. mistake and a moment of tragic comedy and Lloyd missed a hat trick bid from the penalty spot.