The USWNT has lost three games in a row for the first time in 22 years. There is a time and a place for this.
For the first time in more than five years, the United States women's national team lost a home game when they fell to Germany on Thursday.
Third-ranked Germany won the exhibition in the 89th minute when Paula Krumbiegel scored.
The top-ranked Americans had not lost at home in 71 games. In July of last year, the team lost in Australia. The US lost at England and Spain.
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The U.S. coach saw a lot of positives despite the loss.
We saw what we wanted to see. "We talked about precision in the final third, we talked about connection between the three forwards, and we talked about the connection between the two forwards." We saw everything that we wanted to see. The final touch was what we were missing.
Lindsey had a good chance to score for the US in the 34th minute, but her headed attempt was just off the mark. Rose Lavelle's attempt fell just outside the goal line after hitting the bar.
The bicycle kick went off the post. The rebound hit the post and bounced off Murphy for an own goal in the 52nd minute.
Alex Morgan assisted Rapinoe in scoring the tying goal.
At halftime, we changed tactics and the U.S. had good standards. After we scored, we had a quick change and did well. The U.S. scored a goal against us in the last few minutes. Germany's coach said that he did well and scored two minutes from the end.
Since 2001, the U.S. has conceded multiple goals in three straight games. The Americans lost to England and Spain in October.
The first of two games against Germany was played on Thursday. Next summer's Women's World Cup will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand and the teams will meet again on Sunday at Red Bull Stadium.
The US has won four titles in the women's World Cup.
The only other team to win multiple World Cup titles is Germany.
Germany lost to England in the final of the Women's Euro, but has since won four in a row.
The United States won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Sophia Smith was named the Most Valuable Player of the National Women's Soccer League.
I have faith in these players. I think these players can score goals. The front line is made up of the three best goal scorers from the NWSL that are eligible to play for the US.
They have proven that they can score goals. Sometimes it doesn't happen and they can score goals. I'm not worried but I want them to score more goals.
The United States will play two exhibition games against New Zealand in January in stadiums where they will play during the World Cup.
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