won the World Cup - including a quarterfinal victory over France in Paris. Four years later, it was the same story: a 3-1 loss in Le Havre to open the year, and eventually the U.S. That friendly answered personnel questions and is an overlooked element of the team's 2015 World Cup triumph. got worked over in a 2-0 loss to France in Lorient to open the calendar year. fans are looking for a point of optimism. It is, however, a familiar feeling, if U.S. This time around, it was a loss to Spain that followed one to England (both away from home), and the combination of poor performances with the context of Spain fielding a second-choice team, makes this a low point - at minimum since last year's Olympics, and perhaps in Andonovski's tenure. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (U.S.) women since the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, when they fell 1-0 to England in New Jersey three days before an embarrassing 3-0 loss to France in Washington, D.C., that officially ended Jill Ellis' 3-5-2 experiment. They mark the first back-to-back losses for the U.S.
Two losses five days apart exposed plenty of them. head coach Vlatko Andonovski said that he wanted to schedule these England and Spain matches for the October window to work through some of the team's issues well ahead of the 2023 World Cup. JUMP TO: Player ratings | Best/worst performers | Highlights and notable moments | Post-match quotes | Key stats | Upcoming fixtures women have suffered back-to-back defeats while conceding multiple goals for the first time since 2001. With the 2-0 loss after falling to England day earlier, the U.S. Real Madrid star Esther Gonzalez added the dagger 18 minutes from time with a sweet volley after floating in between three U.S. twice failed to clear a corner kick that dropped in the box. Laia Codina, in her debut for the senior Spain national team, opened the scoring in the 39th minute after the U.S. women's national team lost back-to-back games for the first time in five years after an uninspiring 2-0 loss to a second-choice Spain team in Pamplona on Tuesday.
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