Nawnt wins Colombia 2-0 to open Shebelieves Cup

Japan win Australia 4-0 in the first match earlier on Thursday night.

No major tournament to the 2027 World Cup, Nawnt Coach Emma Hayes made it clear that at least the first half of this year will focus on experimenting with new and young talent and the spread of players. She explained earlier this week that there is always a risk when developing a player and that “it will not look polished in full.” While the Hayes composition performed, including the upgrades, in no way the product was finished, the group appeared strong, confident, technical and showed a promise.

Tara McKeown debut its senior team as an initial center backwards Emily Sonnettwhich was honored that reached its 100th cap before the game. Gisele Thompson and Michelle Cooper also earned their first caps, while Sentrnor and 17-year-old Lily Yohannes first started.

Expect to see more rotations in this tournament, especially since all players are in different parts of training. While the players with headquarters in Europe are in the middle of the season, players with headquarters in America have not played the game for some time, since the NWSL season does not start the next month.

Here’s a match from the match:

Game games

This stroke targets Sentrnor. In the 60th minute, the young striker found a void in the middle of the field, then fired a shot outside the box that Colombian goalkeeper Katherine Tapia had no chance of saving.

That was her first goal of NAWNT at her first beginning of NAWNT in just her third appearance for the senior team. Sentrnor almost achieved a minute later, but he went wide.

The 21-year-old built a strong rookie NWSL season with Utah Royals. She was a total number of 1 2024 and was named a young female player of the year in football, and ended up debut for a year for the senior team at Wembley Stadium Vs. England in front of 78,346 fans. Sentrnor has been an influential player in the American youth system for years, and also the U-20 team is third in the 2024 World Cup in Colombia.

Turn

In the 34th minute Yohannes gathered the ball near the midfielder and found Yazmaen Ryan from Deep. Ryan took a touch in the right corner of the 18 -meter box, then broke through the high -quality Macario cross, which ran nearby and one hit the ball into the back of the net to give a 1 -0 lead now. It was Macario’s first goal for the national team in three years.

Macari’s story was an emotional trip as Chelsea Star underwent injuries that turned her career. Last April after a long release due to multiple ACL injuries, she made a bold return to Nawnt. It seemed to be in the form of an IU form that led to the Olympic Games in Paris last summer, but then the knee irritation ran into a small list of 18 players at the last minute. There was a heartfelt for the team and a player who worked hard to strengthen his place in the national team. Thursday marked only her 20th cap and ninth goal.

From the Olympic Games, the 25-year-old striker worked to return with Chelsea and enter Shebelieves Cup, played in 13 games for her five starts club and scored five goals with two assists. This was her first Nawnt match in eight months.

Nawnt struggled to achieve the accompaniment of the “Triple Espresso” line Mallory Swanson, Sophia Wilson and Trinity Rodman They are not on the ground. Without the creativity of that trio, this camp was important that Americans use in the last third, and a healthy makario makes it clear in mix.

Key stature

More about Sentrnor, who scored her first, but definitely not the last goal for now on Thursday night:

What follows for Nawnt?

The Shebelieves Cup is always a quick turnaround, given that the teams play three matches in seven days. Nawnt will travel to Glendale, Ariz. Face Australia on February 2nd and then go to San Diego to play Japan on February 26.

The winner of this tournament will determine the overall points (three to win, one for the equalization), with the first Tiebreker the overall goal difference, followed by most goals scored and then heads.

Nawnt has won seven Shebelieves Cup titles, including the last five in a row.

Laken Litman covers college football, basketball and football for Fox Sports. She had previously written for Sports Illustrated, USA Today and The Indianapolis Star. She is the author “Strong Like A Woman”, published in the spring of 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the title IX. Follow her on @Lakenlitm.

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