The U.S. Women’s National team became the first team to ever win the SheBelieves Cup in consecutive years after dismantling Argentina 6-0. They also became the only team to keep a clean sheet in all three matches of the competition in the SheBelieves Cup’s short history.
Yet fans of the USWNT walked away from the tournament feeling as though the team was vulnerable defensively and the U.S. may have been lucky not to concede. There is some truth to that; the USWNT were certainly fortunate to keep clean sheets in their first two matches. Most notably, people will point to two huge chances squandered by Canada’s Janine Beckie.