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SPORTS Tuesday 18 June 2019

U.S. women Cup opener on goals by

Andreas Möller and Jürgen
Klinsmann.
Continued from Page 17 running to a corner flag Fans clad in red, white
and screaming “Born in and blue jammed the
“She had told me if we the USA” into a television Metro hours before kickoff,
score, that’s what we’re microphone after goal streaming on the No. 9 line
going to do so I just went against Colombia in the at Trocadero, Republique
along with it after I did my 2011 World Cup. and Richelieu-Drouot and
little celebration But it was “The only thing you ask of emerging on at Porte de
fun. I think it made a state- an athlete really is to put Saint-Cloud on the sunny
ment on the sideline there. it all out there and do the afternoon.
It was cool.” best you can. It’s not in our “We’re in France, and
A record-setting 13-0 rout of DNA ever.” yet we felt like we had a
Thailand that opened the Coach Jill Ellis speculated home game,” said Lloyd,
tournament for the Ameri- Lloyd’s inspiration was her United States’ Carli Lloyd , center, celebrates with Lindsey Horan at 36-year-old the oldest
and Tierna Davidson, right, after scoring the opening goal during
cans sparked a debate spouse, professional golfer the Women’s World Cup Group F soccer match between the woman with a multi-goal
back home. Celebration Brian Hollins. United States and Chile at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Sunday, World Cup match.
had not been discussed “I’m guessing it was a June 16, 2019. Despite their second easy
this much since Kool & the shout-out to her husband,” Associated Press win, the Americans main-
Gang . Some cried poor Ellis said. cans’ offensive output past her midway through tained there was no reason
sportsmanship. Others ar- Horan said Emily Sonnett, from Wonder Woman lev- the first half. Guerrero was to chill: Thailand is ranked
gued players shouldn’t be a 25-year-old defender at els to the mere mundane. called offside. 34th in the world and Chile
asked to let up on soccer’s her first World Cup, sug- The U.S. peppered Chile More Americans were is 39th. The Americans
biggest stage. gested responses. Trolling with 26 shots to one for the in the tournament-high need a win or draw against
All the harrumphing was critics was the goal. South Americans, raising crowd of 45,594 that filled No. 9 Sweden on Thursday
heard across the Atlantic. “We decided to do some- the U.S. margin to 65-3 over Parc des Princes than in order to win the group.
“I guess we could have thing different today,” two matches that seemed walked around Sunday in A victory likely means a
just passed it around the Horan said with an impish more training than tests. Paris, Kentucky, or Texas. second-round matchup
back for a million times, but smile. “Handshakes were Alyssa Naeher, the Ameri- Quite different from the against No. 13 Spain or No.
that’s boring. That’s disre- part of it. Golf clap was cans’ new World Cup goal- stands 21 years and one 16 China, which would put
spectful to everyone: fans, part of it.” keeper, was noticeable day earlier, when Germa- the U.S. on track for a quar-
ourselves” said 33-year-old Only the standout play only when an unmarked ny beat the U.S. men 2-0 terfinal matchup against
Megan Rapinoe, the pink- of goalkeeper Christiane Carla Guerrero redirected on the very same field in fourth-ranked France in
haired veteran famous for Endler lowered the Ameri- Claudia Soto’s free kick the Americans’ 1998 World Paris.q