USWNT

Horan, Naeher and Lavelle are the only three starters for tonight's match at Wembley who started against England in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal.

- Midfielder Andi Sullivan is set to earn her 34th cap as she makes her 12th appearance – and 12th start – of 2022. - Forward Trinity Rodman will make her first career start for the USWNT as she earns her eighth career cap. - Sofia Huerta will make her fifth consecutive start as she makes her 22nd career appearance for the USA. - Alana Cook will make her 13th start of the year as she earns her 17th cap overall with the USWNT. Horan scored her first goal of the year and the 26th of her international career in the Sept. - Midfielder Savannah DeMelo and forward Alyssa Thompson are the only uncapped players on this roster and are both available for selection tonight. - Defender Naomi Girma will earn her eighth cap as she makes second consecutive start and the sixth overall of her young career. - Megan Rapinoe will earn her 195th career cap as she makes her second start of 2022 and first since June 28. - Lindsey Horan will wear the captain’s band as she earns her 119th career cap and makes her 11th start of 2022. Since the start of 2020, Horan has played in 40 matches for the USA and has been directly involved in 22 goals - with 14 goals and eight assists. - This starting lineup averages 55 caps per player with Rapinoe and Horan the only players in the lineup with 100+ caps. - Horan, Naeher and Lavelle are the only three starters for tonight’s match at Wembley who started against England in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup semifinal.

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USWNT vs. England at Wembley: Highlights and live updates from England's 2-1 friendly win against the reigning World Cup champs.

It also broke the record for the most spectators to watch a women’s game in England. - This match is expected to break the record for most fans to watch a USWNT friendly. More than 80,000 fans are expected to pack into Wembley to watch the USWNT vs. The pre-game broadcast begins at 2:30pm ET and the match kicks off at 3pm ET (8pm local). Still, the match comes at the end of a tumultuous week for the women’s soccer community, following the release of the U.S. A couple post-game thoughts: England definitely looked like the stronger team today (as evidenced by their 69% possession percentage, in addition to the 2-1 score). Naomi Girma, for the second time tonight, outsprinting an England forward to reach to a critical ball before her opponent. It’s Dunn’s first appearance for the USWNT since giving birth to her son in May. The U.S. Lindsey Horan does a great job of forcing a turnover and gets the ball to Sophia Smith, who finds the back of the net (video below). The USWNT and England met today at Wembley Stadium in a friendly for the ages. (In addition there was also a moment of silence for the recent stadium stampede in Indonesia, where

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Smith is in the best form of the forwards on the roster. England is coming off a 10-0 thumping of Luxembourg and a 2-0 victory against Austria at the end of UEFA World Cup qualification. Megan Rapinoe is the only one of the five forwards listed on the roster with more than 25 international appearances. The Americans have 10 victories by multiple goals, and they have been powered by a large group of goal scorers, led by Alex Morgan and Sophia Smith. The Lionesses played three friendlies in 2022, and all of them were against European teams. England is fourth in the FIFA women's world rankings, which is three spots behind the Americans in first.

England's 2-1 win over the USWNT was an essential test of where the European champions are 10 months out from the World Cup.

We are in a pretty good place, but we want to add more to our game." The only rendition of "Sweet Caroline" -- the song that accompanied England's win in the summer -- came from the stands, rather than prompted by playlist. Their tendency to continue passing the ball out and building the attack slowly from the back backfired against the USWNT as Millie Bright's pass to Stanway put her under pressure and the outstanding Sophie Smith gladly took the opportunity to draw the match level. Against the USWNT, Hemp led the line for most of the match, and her pace caused all manner of difficulties for the opposition. Although before the match she stopped short of crowning the USWNT the best team in the world, saying instead that the Americans were part of a group of leading sides with Europe quickly catching up, this was her team's sternest test since the Euros win and arguably the best team they've faced since Wiegman took over in September 2021. Her swansong in a 16-year international career was to help the country to its first major trophy since 1966, and she carried the European Championship trophy out onto the Wembley pitch before the game vs. Mary Earps will surely stay as first-choice keeper, and it's going to take something out of the blue to dislodge Keira Walsh and Georgia Stanway as the midfield two. But injury robbed the side of both Alessia Russo -- likely the first-choice striker, having been a super-sub in the summer -- and captain Leah Williamson. But this team isn't yet ready to be consigned to nostalgia as, in front of a packed Wembley, we got a first proper sight of what type of England side will be heading to the [World Cup](/soccer/league/_/name/fifa.wwc) in 2023. Since the Euros, they've won 2-0 against Austria -- which guaranteed qualification to next year's World Cup -- and then beat Luxembourg 10-0. The place was still bubbling with euphoria from that momentous day in late July when England defeated Germany 2-1 in extra time to win the European Championships for the first time. This was Wembley's first chance to welcome back the Lionesses after a history-making summer on home soil.

England and USWNT showed support for victims of abuse before the match. Naomi Baker/The FA/Getty Images. CNN —.

And the free flowing first half seemed to show no signs of abating as Smith opened up the English defense for Rapinoe who fed Trinity Rodman for a goal. “We just have to do what we can, control, stick together and communicate with each other at all times. So for us to put that at the forefront of such an important night and game was really amazing and powerful for all of us,” American soccer star Megan Rapinoe said after the game, per I think we are doing well in that.” I think that we haven’t seen the best of her [yet]. it just shows the potential that she has. “Obviously the report came out about our league but … Georgia Stanway converted for a 2-1 lead. Once again they showed that nothing can stop them playing the game that they love. “To take the time to do that, get the armbands – I think they were flown in from California and a little tight on some people, I’m happy I have a skinny arm - just an incredible show by all of us, some things are bigger than the game and we were able to put that on display,” Rapinoe added. “I applaud their bravery and I applaud their fearless mentality and relentlessness. [USWNT](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/football/nwsl-soccer-abuse-explainer-intl-spt/index.html)) was defeated 2-1 by [England](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/football/england-wins-euro-2022-germany-spt-intl/index.html) at Wembley in an international friendly that spotlighted both the increasing popularity of women’s football and its failures.