The World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s National Team continued its victory Tour with a 1-1 tie against Brazil, Presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance, in front of a record crowd of 23,603 at CenturyLink Field. The crowd was the largest ever for a WNT match played in the state of Washington.
Prior to the start of the match, Shannon Boxx was honored for her achievements with the WNT. Wednesday night was the retiring Olympic and World Cup champion midfielder’s final game for the USA and she started it wearing the captain’s armband.
The match was highly competitive throughout, and it was Brazil that got on the scoreboard first. Monica scored a goal in the 3rd minute off a corner kick to hand the WNT its first in its last 18 matches. Prior to tonight, the U.S. last trailed after going down 1-0 in the 43rd minute of a 2-1 comeback win against Norway on March 4 at the Algarve Cup.
The USA played well from behind and pressured on the attack, but couldn’t quite make the right connections to lead to a score until the 85th minute, when Meghan Klingenberg beat a pair of defenders to get into the Brazil box and sent in a cross that Carli Lloyd hammered home to tie the game.
With the draw, the WNT extended its home unbeaten streak to 101 games (88-0-13). The last loss at home came to Denmark on Nov. 6, 2004 in Philadelphia.
Both teams now travel cross-country for another matchup as the Victory Tour continues at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Central Florida on October 25, 2015.
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