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Samantha

Mewis SUNG

scores

twice to

lead U.S. SHINES

past South

Africa 3-0

By JOSH DUBOW
AP Sports Writer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)
— Samantha Mewis is find-
ing her stride again just in
time for her first World Cup.
Mewis scored goals in both
halves and the U.S. wom-
en’s national team began
its World Cup send-off se-
ries with a 3-0 victory over
South Africa on Sunday.
“Sammy’s confidence
just grows and grows and
grows with match play and
the experience that she
gets out there,” coach Jill
Ellis said. “She’s a dynamic
player than can impact a
game. When you go to a
World Cup, your midfield,
you need to have players
that can score goals from
distance, that can get in
the box, that can obviously
play make. There’s versatil-
ity to Sam.” After starting
every game for the na-
tional team in 2017, Mewis
missed most of 2018 with
a knee injury. But she has
worked her way back and
scored last month against
Belgium and followed that
up against South Africa
with her second career
two-goal game.
“Everyone on this team has Sung Kang wins Byron Nelson
been through adversity,”
Mewis said. “All of our jour- for first PGA Tour title
neys have been amazing
in that they led us here.
Sharing this with my team- Sung Kang pumps his fist after a birdie putt on the
mates and sharing this with
my family is the best part.” 10th hole in the final round of the Byron Nelson golf
Carli Lloyd added her 108th tournament on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Dallas.
career goal in second-half Associated Press
added time to the delight
of the crowd of 22,788 at Page 20
the home of the NFL’s San
Francisco 49ers.

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