The United States women’s national team played Brazil in their second match of the SheBelieves Cup. Portland Thorns FC’s Becky Sauerbrunn, Crystal Dunn, and Lindsey Horan started for the USWNT for the second straight match. All three players played the entire match.
The first half played out as most people expected. It was a wide-open affair, with both teams looking to exploit the open space. The U.S. took advantage of the space early. Horan played Christen Press through on the left, and then Press cut inside and curled a shot into the bottom corner to put the U.