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USWNT Thumps Japan 3-0 to Win April Series 2-1

The result capped a rotation-heavy audition under Emma Hayes ahead of World Cup qualifying.

Overview

  • The United States, which played Friday in Commerce City, scored three times in a 17-minute second-half burst to clinch the series 2-1.
  • Naomi Girma opened the scoring in the 47th minute, Rose Lavelle doubled the lead in the 56th after a Trinity Rodman through ball, and Kennedy Wesley finished in the 64th from a Jaedyn Shaw corner.
  • Halftime substitute Kennedy Wesley logged her first US goal and an assist in 45 minutes, changing the game with set-piece quality and alert defending.
  • Goalkeeper Claudia Dickey made three saves for the clean sheet, stabilizing a back line that had been pushed in earlier matches of the window.
  • Hayes used the three-game slate to rotate full lineups and test depth after Tuesday’s 1-0 loss in Seattle, with more refinements expected in a June trip to Brazil before qualifiers in November.