Ellie Carpenter fouls US midfielder Lindsey Horan inside the box. Horan converted the penalty to make it 3-0.Credit:Getty
The goal extinguished any hope of a fightback,although in truth there had been little chance of one before. Save for the odd hopeful long shot,there wasn’t a sniff of a goal from the hosts in the second half,much to the disappointment of the 36,109 fans who set an attendance record for a women’s football match in Australia.
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