INGLEWOOD — The United States women’s national soccer team scored a goal in each half and held on for a 2-0 win over Brazil on Saturday in front of a crowd of 32,303 at SoFi Stadium.
Two Southern California natives combined for the opening goal.
Angel City FC’s Alyssa Thompson made a run through the midfield, the former Harvard-Westlake High star beating her defender and slipping a perfect through ball toward Trinity Rodman. The Newport Beach native, in her first game with the national team since last year’s Olympic final, did the rest with a right-footed finish.
Rodman has been bothered by a back injury. The goal for USWNT coach Emma Hayes was managing Rodman during this camp.
“For me, it’s stay healthy and building off of the minutes I’ve progressively getting each game (in NWSL play),” Rodman said Friday. “Backs are very difficult because you can’t avoid using it at every moment of a game or every moment of your day-to-day life. For me, it is about management and training my back to be in certain positions so I’m not overworking other muscles to kind of overcompensate for it. So it’s been an interesting and hard journey, but at the same time, it’s been good getting back.”
Rodman was subbed off after 60 minutes. Thompson was subbed off in the 85th minute. Newbury Park native Tara McKeown started at center back and went the full 90 minutes.
The U.S. added to its lead in the 66th minute on Lindsey Heaps’ successful penalty kick. Lily Yohannes, who entered the game in the 61st minute, was tripped up in the box, leading to the penalty call.
Thompson nearly had a goal in the 76th minute. On a cross from Heaps, Thompson, who was making a central run, was able to get a side-volley attempt on goal, but Brazilian goalkeeper Lorena made a one-handed save, sending the ball out for a corner.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce, one of several goalkeepers vying for the starting job with the retirement of U.S. star Alyssa Naeher, was credited with six saves.
This was the first meeting between the teams since the Paris Olympic gold-medal final, which saw the USWNT win 1-0 on a 57th-minute goal by Mallory Swanson.
The teams will head north for a meeting Tuesday at PayPal Park in San Jose.
More to come on this story.
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