Your match report from Jeff Kassouf is up. He and I collaborated on club rankings back when women’s soccer was in serious doldrums. Quite a change to see where it stands today.
If you’re staying up for the next few hours, check back here or adjacent to here for more live coverage. I’ll see you next time.
Meanwhile in Miami, Messi’s stoppage-time free kick stands up as the winner.
But back where the stakes are a bit higher, it’s a good if not great opener for the US. Andonovski may need to tinker a little bit more to find the sharpest combinations, but he’ll rest easier after seeing the newcomers play with poise and confidence.
The stats tell a story of a team that was never under any pressure. Shots: US 27, Vietnam 0. Corners: 9-0. Passes completed: 381-146. Fouls: even at 13. Give credit to Vietnam for not playing ugly. They just couldn’t get forward at all.
