The Americans won and progressed to the quarterfinals at the Women’s World Cup, however lost midfielders Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday for its next match, as each got her second yellow card of the competition.
The U.S. beat Columbia 2-0 Monday night behind second-half objectives by Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd, the last off an extra shot. Colombia had just 10 ladies on the field for the majority of the second half after goalie Catalina Perez was issued a red card.
Morgan’s first objective of the competition comes in her second begin; the damage hampered forward fell off the seat in the group’s initial two matches.
Rapinoe and Holiday, both of whom were checked against Australia recently, have both begun each session of the competition for the Americans, however won’t be accessible when the group goes up against China on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Chinese squad was the 16th-best on the planet in the latest FIFA rankings.
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