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Three games, three victories. There is plenty to go deep on regarding the United States women’s national team just five months from the 2023 World Cup — which we do all the time and will continue to do, and it’s why you should subscribe now — and there’s no denying there were major positives from this tournament.
Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Brazil followed U.S. victories over Canada and Japan in the past week. The Mallory Swanson show continued Wednesday with her seventh goal in five games this year, and Alex Morgan scored a phenomenal goal to break the first-half deadlock.
We’ll go deeper soon. For now, these are the three big talking points from Wednesday.
High and wide? Try high and central for the fullbacks
If you’re just starting to realize that Emily Fox and Crystal Dunn could be the United States’ two starting fullbacks at the World Cup — for one, you haven’t been reading along here. We’ve been talking about this.
Wednesday was a glimpse at why that is likely…
