Matildas fall after the start against the USA | Matildas

An improved team from Matildas suffered a nightmare start on their second excursion at the Shebelieves Cup and could not recover. He went 2-1 to the hosts and the world No. 1 USA in Arizona.

Just a few days after four goals against a faultless Japan-Ihre, the most important competitor for the Asia Cup title in the next century coach Tom Sermanni turned his defense line and exchanged Clare Hunt to Charlotte Grant and moved captain Steph Catley to the center.

But hardly any sweat was broken before picking the ball out of their own network. In the first attack of the game, the American winger Emma Sears swept past a crabting Ellie carpenter and turned and turned the Lyon defender before slipping through the forward Jaedyn Shaw, who knocked into an empty network after an unpecified Lynn Biyendolo . Only 42 seconds were on the clock.

The panicked defense of Australia was almost again punished shortly afterwards when Biyendolo bundled a spill from Teagan Micah home, but it was held for an offside in the line -up.

Although the United States began what the Broadcast Commentator Robbie Thompson described as a “not tested XI”, with head coach Emma Hayes turning the entire team on Friday after her victory against Colombia, this young, lively team commanded the game both in and outside of possession opening phase.

Her passports were sharp, their touches were decent and their exchangers were smooth, in contrast to the Matildas, who hardly had time, to look up before they were suffocated by several white shirts.

Instead of further broken and against Japan, the Matildas were firm, remained structured by the ball and closed rooms through the middle to reduce the number of clear opportunities.

Australia won the trust that the flood of the United States had withstood, and when half the last 10 minutes exceeded, the team, who had only registered one shot against Japan, was found in and around the hosts' penalty area.

Caitlin Foord was the best attack output of the team in her natural left wing position and came in several times to maintain the ball and spin, and fed the young Holly McNamara or the overlapping scholarship, which delivered a handful of dangerous crosses into the area.

Carpenter also began to grow into the game when the threat caused by Sears and combined the right with Hayley Raso a few times to send a few decent cutting goats into the box that were hastily cleared.

Winonah Heatley, who got a start instead of Katrina Gorry, ran from a rolled ankle to impress next to the hardworking Kyra Cooney-Cross. The two formed a solid midfield that enabled Australia's attackers to jump forward, and ended half with three times as ago as days ago.

The second half started with the same energy as the first, with McNamara almost jumping on a lazy goalkeeper from Mandy McGlynn, but that was the extent of her participation, since the largely isolated striker was replaced by Michelle Heyman shortly after the hour. The young midfielder of Melbourne Victory, Alana Murphy, also earned her first cap for Australia and replaced the ineffectives Mary Fowler.

Despite its revival of the middle of the game, Australia, faded, hopes for a first win of the Shebelieves Cup, as a penetrating Claire Hutton pass through the wall of flouro-yellow shirts to set up the replacement of Michelle Cooper, which in the 67th minute Ball under Micah pressed to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it Doing it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it Doing it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it to do it Make it to do it to make it 2-0.

In the 80th minute of the game, Heyman was responsible for the only shot of the Matildas a possible load-gasp equalizer, which is alive when the interruption time occurs.

Two free fights by Murphy in the closing moments of the game could have swing the game in favor of Australia, but some determined defense from the USA ensured that the Matildas wondered what could have been.