Full-time: USA 4-1 Switzerland
Goals: Rapinoe 3′, Lloyd 56′(P), Crnogorčević 71′(P), Press 77′, Wambach 87′(P)
Game Day! USA will host Switzerland in front of a sell-out crowd on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The match is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET
The USA’s first match at WakeMed Soccer Park since the expansion to its current 10,000 capacity and the first sellout for the U.S. Women at this venue will also be the first meeting between the countries at the women’s senior level.
Switzerland is one of six nations that have already qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup where it will join host Canada. Switzerland has won European Group 3 with one match left to play in qualifying, taking 25 points from nine games with an 8-0-1 record ahead of Iceland and Denmark. The achievement marks the first time Switzerland has qualified for a Women’s World Cup at the senior level.
Check out the USA squad to face the Netherlands.
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Full-time: USA 4-1 Switzerland (Rapinoe 3′, Lloyd 56′(P), Crnogorčević 71′(P), Press 77′, Wambach 87′(P))
87′ GOAL! USA 4-1 Switzerland (Wambach scores from the penalty spot!)
77′ GOAL! USA 3-1 Switzerland (Press scores!)
71′ GOAL! USA 2-1 Switzerland (Crnogorčević scores from the penalty spot!)
56′ GOAL! USA 2-0 (Lloyd scores from the penalty spot!)
Half-time: USA 1-0 Switzerland (Rapinoe 3′)
3′ GOAL! USA 1-0 (Rapinoe scores!)
USA Line-up: Solo, Krieger, Rampone (c), Sauerbrunn, Dunn, Lloyd, Holiday, Rapinoe, Leroux, Morgan, Press