In case anyone wants to watch it, Utah Valley University are currently playing Argentina, who are on a mini tour of the USA playing four friendlies in preparation for the World Cup. Utah Valley have just gone 1-0 up, five minutes in. It's being streamed live on YouTube.
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They gave a good go of it, especially in the first half, but Argentina turned it round after the break, and won 3-1 with a nicely worked equaliser and two goals thereafter which were less subtle, but just as spectacular, both from well outside the box.
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Just watched the highlights of Sco 1 Brz 0 in YouTube: overall we were lucky, but we'll take it.
The sight of Lizzie Arnot bamboozling a Brazilian fullback with feints and stepovers before setting up the only goal is one that'll stay with me for a while.
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Brazil had a goal wrongly disallowed according to reports.
England are clinging to a 2-1 lead over Spain in Swindon, in front of a crowd of 13+k. England's opener was rather against the run of play, got confidence from that and scored again but now look shaky after Spain essentially walked through them to pull one back.
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Answering my own question, Shaw's injury is being reported as a sprained ankle, and not something that puts her World Cup in doubt. However the other Jamaica player substituted with injury, Kayla McCoy, is at much higher risk of missing out. Hyper-extended knee, MRI scan needed. Must admit I missed McCoy's injury as I was cooking my dinner by then and relying on the crowd noise to see if I should pop back through and glance at the screen (I don't find BBC Alba's commentary very informative!).
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I don't think New Zealand are going to do much except make up the numbers. Their number 8 was a decent player.
Decent game. Nice friendly atmosphere. Lots of kids, especially girls.
It's a shame Laura O'Sullivan can't play for the men's team as well. She is so good.
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I'm surprised, given what I saw last night, that New Zealand beat England. I can only assume England were in 'don't get injured mode' and possibly giving squad players a run out.
I mean, New Zealand weren't bad. They had a good winger in number 11, but they subbed off their best player at half time (number 17) and for all their pretty play their shots on target were all easily saved. Even the penalty was poor, although obviously Laura had to dive the right way. They forced one really good save from the keeper and that was about it.
I don't think they'd be at the World Cup at all if they'd had to qualify from a European group.
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