Super Falcons suffer a narrow defeat to USWNT

Rose Lavelle scored the profitable aim and the U.S. ladies’s nationwide staff received its thirteenth straight match with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria on Tuesday night time at Audi Discipline in Washington, D.C, Nigeriasoccernet.com can report.

It was a way more harder encounter than the one performed on Saturday the place it was a stroll within the park for the USWNT.

It was the second loss for the nine-time African Champions in three days to the USWNT who’ve now prolonged their unbeaten streak on American soil to 71 video games.

Tosin Demeyin’s personal aim put america forward within the twenty fourth minutes however the Falcons have been capable of maintain their floor to not concede extra going into the break not like the primary encounter the place they chunked in 3 earlier than halftime.

With 5 minutes performed within the second half, Uchenna Kanu pulled Tremendous Falcons degree off Glory Ogbonna’s help.

That would be the first time Nigeria will rating in opposition to the USWNT in 22 years, the final time being throughout a 3-1 loss to them on the Melbourne Cricket Floor in Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Lavelle who throughout the reason for the sport repeatedly discovered area to take advantage of down the proper aspect of Nigeria’s comparatively inexperienced again line acquired rewarded for her arduous work within the 66th minute when she scored a spectacular game-winner.

Each groups have certified for subsequent 12 months’s FIFA Ladies’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia however there may be lots of positives to attract from the sport for the Tremendous Falcons who improved nicely from the primary leg of the doubleheader which ended 4-0 on Saturday.

By Oluwayemi Omolagba