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.