They opened with a shock 3-0 defeat to Sweden – their first defeat in 30 months – before righting the ship with a 6-1 win over New Zealand. It’s been a somewhat uncharacteristic road for the Americans so far. The four-time world champions have navigated a sometimes-rocky course through group stage into the business end of the tournament, where a rematch of the 2019 Women’s World Cup final now awaits.
Hello and welcome to International Stadium Yokohama for today’s Olympic quarter-final match between the Netherlands and the United States.
Twelve of the 13 players who took the field against the USWNT in November 2020 are also on the Olympic roster. Overall, the Netherlands’ Olympic roster features 11 of the 13 players who saw action against the United States during the 2019 Women’s World Cup final, including captain and goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal, who played a fine match against the USA in Lyon. Jill Roord and Dominique Janssen (who was Dominique Bloodworth during the World Cup) have each scored once. Martins has tallied four times, forward Lineth Beerenstetyn has three, forward Sherice Van de Sanden has two, as does midfielder Victoria Pelova. Reserve goalkeeper Loes Geurts (125 caps) and van de Donk (117) have also eclipsed the 100-cap milestone for the Dutch. She will make her 100th international appearance today against the United States, making her the fourth woman on the Dutch roster with 100 or more caps.įorward Lieke Martens is the most experienced player on the roster with 126 international appearances and is second in scoring with 53 international goals. With 81 international goals, Miedema is not only the leading scorer on the Netherlands Olympic roster, but the top scorer in the history of the Netherlands women’s national team with 81 scores in 99 career caps. Vivianne Miedema’s eight goals have broken the Olympic record of six previously held by Canada’s Christine Sinclair for her performance at London 2012. Since then, the USA have won the last eight games, though each of the last five meetings between the teams has been decided by two goals.
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Overall, the United States lead the series with a record of 8-1-0, their lone loss to the Dutch coming in a 4-3 defeat during the first matchup between the teams in 1991. A first-half goal from Lavelle and a second-half score from Kristie Mewis proved to be the difference as the USA closed their 2020 campaign with a victory. The most recent meeting between the teams came on 27 November 2020, a 2-0 win for the USA in Breda in the team’s first match in 261 days after a long pause in programming due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Megan Rapinoe converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute and Rose Lavelle added an epic finish in the 69th to secure the USWNT their fourth star. The first came on 7 July 2019, when the USA won 2-0 in Lyon, France, to capture the 2019 Women’s World Cup title. Additionally, it will be the second matchup between the two countries in the knockout rounds of a major world championship. Friday’s quarter-final matchup will be the ninth meeting all-time between the USA and the Netherlands.
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