Australia gets its first win over U.S. in women's soccer at Tournament of Nations


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DATE: July 28, 2017, 6:26 a.m.

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  1. tameka Butt scored in the 67th moment and Australia beat the United States without precedent for the 28-diversion arrangement, 1-0 in the Tournament of Nations on Thursday night.
  2. The Matildas additionally snapped the Americans' four-amusement winning streak.
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  5. Only minutes after Butt's objective moved beyond goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, Carli Lloyd impacted a cross from Megan Rapinoe at Australia goalkeeper Lydia Williams, who made an awesome spare. Lloyd had another possibility that cruised directly finished the net.
  6. Japan and Brazil played to a 1-1 attract the competition's opening diversion toward the evening at CenturyLink Field.
  7. Each of the four groups in the competition is in the main 10 of the FIFA rankings. The best positioned United States went into the amusement with a 25-0-2 record over the seventh-positioned Matildas.
  8. Rapinoe, who plays for the NWSL's Seattle Reign, had a decent possibility at an early stage in the diversion however the Americans were not able achievement. Rapinoe has 12 objectives to lead the NWSL in scoring this season.
  9. The Matildas have been on the ascent of the previous quite a long while, with quarterfinal appearances in both the 2015 World Cup and the Olympics a year ago.
  10. Following the stop in Seattle, the competition movements to San Diego on Sunday before wrapping up at the StubHub Center in Carson on Aug. 3.
  11. U.S. Soccer is hoping to have a Tournament of Nations each mid year that there isn't World Cup or Olympic rivalry

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