Orlando, Fl – An international friendly featuring the U.S. Women’s National Team and Brazil at the Orlando Citrus bowl draws tens of thousands of soccer fans Sunday mid-day. Follow @KnightNewsSport for live tweets on #USAvBRA.
The starting lineup for today’s match:
1 Hope Solo
4 Becky Sauerbrunn
11 Ali Krieger
12 Lauren Holiday
13 Alex Morgan
16 Lori Chalupny
17 Tobin Heath
25 Crystal Dunn
27 Emily Sonnett
31 Lindsey Horan
First Half:
3′ Brazil’s Marta hits the crossbar off a corner kick, U.S. nearly avoids an early score by Brazil
7′ CBF’s Andressa Alves takes a fall and is walked off the field
9′ GOAL! Tobin Heaths assists Alex Morgan to score a wide open shot close to the goal in the ninth minute of play!
USA – 1 Brazil – 0
13′ YELLOW Crystal Dunn takes a yellow card, the match’s first
15′ Formiga takes a fall from Emily Sonnett and is walked off the field, Brazilian team showing frustration
20′ Lori Chalupny substituted for Meghan Kilngenberg – Crowd cheers for Chalupny as she makes her last U.S. team appearance after substitution
22′ Close shot opportunity by Ali Krieger and Alex Morgan for U.S.
24′ Incredible save by Becky Sauerbrunn at the face of the United States’ goal!
26′ Cross bar saves Team USA from an Andressinha shot on goal
33′ Andressinha fires the ball wide left as Solo makes the leap
35′ Cristiane clears the posts with a shot, miss for CBF
37′ Yellow card for Cristiane after a trip to Meghan Klingenberg
45′ GOAL for Brazil’s Cristiane assisted by Marta
USA – 1 Brazil – 1
45′ GOAL! Team USA tallies another goal before halftime approaches!
HALFTIME: USA – 2 Brazil – 1
Second Half:
50′ Close cross by Stephanie McCaffrey but no result, McCaffrey goes for a corner kick from the right side. Horan’s header is stopped by Brazilian goalkeeper Luciana
52′ Another cross bounces between players and is kicked out in front of Brazil’s posts
54′ Close! Lauren Holiday kicks one in but is stopped by CBF goalkeeper Luciana – no goal
56′ Carli Llyod substituted in for Lauren Holiday, Holiday’s final U.S. Soccer match
59′ A would-be goal from Alex Morgan comes up offsides for a no-goal
64′ SAVE! U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo perfectly secures a shot from Marta and clears the ball
66′ Yellow card to Lindsey Horan after cutting short CBF’s Marta to the ground
71′ Brazil substitution – Tamires for Beatriz
72′ Corner kick for U.S. – no result
74′ USA substitution: Gina Lewandowski for Ali Krieger
77′ Hope Solo secures another shot on goal!
85′ Brazil puts pressure on U.S. but Team USA holds strong.
88′ Alex Morgan receives a pass with no one
90+4′ GOAL! Stephanie McCaffrey finds a third goal for the United States, her first career goal. McCaffrey becomes the 18th USWNT player to score on her debut.
FINAL: USA – 3 Brazil – 1
