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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tobin Heath scored her second purpose in as many video games and america defeated Mexico 4-0 on Monday within the American girls’s last match earlier than the Olympics.
The US is now undefeated in 44 straight matches, the second-longest unbeaten streak in group historical past. The Individuals additionally prolonged their successful streak in opposition to Mexico to fifteen video games and improved to 39-1-1 total. The lone U.S. loss within the collection was in a 2010 World Cup qualifier.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski continued to finetune his lineups upfront of the Olympics later this month. The US, a four-time gold medal winner, is aiming to turn into the primary group to observe a World Cup title with an Olympic gold medal.
Heath began after coming off the bench and scoring in america’ first send-off sport in opposition to Mexico on Thursday, when the Individuals additionally gained by a 4-0 rating. She hadn’t performed for some six months due to harm.
Carli Lloyd bought the beginning Monday instead of Alex Morgan, and midfielder Rose Lavelle bought the nod whereas Kristie Mewis and Megan Rapinoe have been obtainable off the bench.
Rapinoe, Mewis and Morgan all began the second half.
The US scored all its targets within the first half. Horan scored on a volley within the sixth minute, adopted by Lloyd’s diving header within the eleventh.
After an personal purpose within the thirty seventh minute, Heath scored within the thirty ninth.
Subsequent up for america are the Tokyo Olympics. The Individuals play Sweden — the group that knocked them out of the 2016 Video games within the quarterfinals — to open the event in Japan on July 21.
Mexico didn’t make the sphere of 12 groups for the Tokyo Video games.
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