Highlights and Best Moments: USA 6-1 New Zealand in 2020 Olympic Games

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United States 6-1 New Zealand.

The United States made a comeback with their good soccer and now in the last matchday they will play against Australia after beating New Zealand.

Goal United States

Press with the cross that is deflected by Bolt into his own goal.

Alex Morgan makes it 5 for the USA. #USWNT #Tokyo2020 #USAvNZ pic.twitter.com/lBCkbyIuwX — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

Three more minutes are added.

Julie Ertz ➡️ Christen Press

GOAL, USA! #USWNT #Tokyo2020 #USAvNZ pic.twitter.com/PJncBGYZyJ — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

United States Goal

Two-time Alex Morgan crossed the ball to seal the win.

Hasset leaves

Longo enters

New Zealand change.

Horan and Dunn leave

Macario and Kruger enter

U.S. Changes

United States Goal

Press receives the ball and puts it on the post to increase the lead.

Rennie enters and Cleverley leaves. New Zealand change.

Horan sends a delayed diagonal shot into the side of the goal.

NEW ZEALAND, GOAL! #USAvNZ #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/rd3xfwlSEy — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

Own goal, New Zealand. 3-0 USA. #USWNT #Tokyo2020 #USAvNZ pic.twitter.com/r1xAqq2B41 — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

Lloyd leaves

Morgan enters

Change of United States.

New Zealand Goal 

Betsy Hassett finishes off the delayed diagonal without a goalkeeper to make the breakthrough.

Lavelle and Press leave

Mewis and Rapinoe enter

United States changes

Goal United States

Abby Erceg cannot clear and sends the ball into her own goal.

After four offside goals, USA makes it 2-0. Lindsey Horan scores on her 100th cap for the USWNT. #USWNT #Tokyo2020 #USAvNZ pic.twitter.com/prpOPBnRiN — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

Carli Lloyd's left-footed shot goes wide of the goal.

Rapinoe's cross-shot is cut out by the New Zealand defense.

The start of the second half was very eventful with several fouls by both teams.

The second half begins.

United States 2-0 New Zealand.

Add one more minute.

United States goal

A cross into the six-yard box is headed in by Lindsey Horan to increase the deficit.

The equalizer came close, but Hannah Wilkinson's header went just wide.

Now the disallowed goal goes to Lindsey Horan who had headed the ball into the back of the net.

Once again Rapinoe's goal was disallowed, again for a previous offside.

Lavelle's left-footed shot goes over the top of the goal.

Goal disallowed for the United States after Tobin Heath's goal, because there was a previous offside.

USA fans: Rose Lavelle has just given you your first goal of the tournament

A bit poetic considering she scored the very last one in the last major tournament (2019 World Cup)#USWNT #Tokyo2020 #USAvNZ pic.twitter.com/gjVb2r5zmU — The Sports Shot (@TheSportsShot) July 24, 2021

Lavelle with the shot inside the box, but the ball hits the outside netting.

Hannah Wilkinson turns her neck but her shot goes wide.

Carli Lloyd had scored over the top of the goal, but it was disallowed for a previous offside.

United States Goal

Rose Lavelle's one-on-one through ball into the back of the net to open the scoring.

Rapinoe with a mid-range shot that goes over the top of the goal.

Katie Bowen's mid-range shot forces the keeper to lie down to save her goal.

Carli Lloyd's shot is blocked by the New Zealand defense.

The match between New Zealand and the United States kicks off.

Saitama Stadium, built for the 2002 World Cup, will be the venue for this match between the United States and New Zealand.

10 Annalie Longo

 3 Anna Green

 1 Erin Nayler

 13 Paige Satchell

 16 Emma Rolston

 6 Claudia Bunge

 9 Gabi Rennie

13 Alex Morgan

 4 Becky Sauerbrunn

 11 Christen Press

 22 Jane Campbell

 3 Sam Mewis

 20 Casey Krueger

 19 Catarina Macario

This morning's match marks Lindsey Horan's 100th international cap for the United States.

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧 ✨

With her start tonight, @LindseyHoran becomes the 41st player in #USWNT history to reach 💯 career caps. At 27 years and 59 days old, she is also the 18th-youngest player to reach the milestone. Congrats, Lindsey! pic.twitter.com/aDhqXcNhMs

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 24, 2021

After a less-than-stellar performance in the painful 3-0 loss to Sweden, star player Alex Morgan will start on the substitutes' bench, although she is a candidate for a second-half start.

1 Alyssa Naeher

 12 Tierna Davidson

 17 Abby Dahlkemper

 2 Crystal Dunn

 14 Emily Sonnett

 8 Julie Ertz

 9 Lindsey Horan

 16 Rose Lavelle

 10 Carli Lloyd

 15 Megan Rapinoe

 7 Tobin Heath

18 Anna Leat

 7 Ali Riley

 5 Meikayla Moore

 8 Abby Erceg

 4 C.J. Bott

 14 Katie Bowen

 12 Betsy Hassett

 15 Daisy Cleverley

 2 Ria Percival

 17 Hannah Wilkinson

 11 Olivia Chance

The women's soccer activity began today with the following results:

Chile 1-2 Canada

China 4-4 Zambia 

Sweden 4-2 Australia.

The United States knows that they did not get off to a good start in the competition and this morning they will be looking for their first three points.

Find a way and get it done
Game Day No. 2 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/MDDPLIBiaf

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 24, 2021

The United States will try to do better and get their first win against a New Zealand side looking to spring a surprise. We begin with the coverage of the match.

Do not miss a detail of the match with the live updates and commentaries of VAVEL. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this USWNT vs New Zealand 2020 Olympic Games match.

This is the start time of the game USWNT vs New Zealand of 24th July in several countries:

Argentina: 8:030 AM in Claro.

Bolivia: 7:30 AM in Claro.

Brazil: 8:30 AM in Claro.

Chile: 7:30 AM in Claro.

Colombia: 6:30 AM in Claro.

Ecuador: 6:30 AM in Claro.

USA (ET): 7:30 AM in NBC.

Spain: 1:30 PM

Mexico: 6:30 AM in Marca Claro.

Paraguay: 7:30 AM in Claro.

Peru: 6:30 AM in Claro.

Uruguay: 8:30 AM in Claro.

Since 2015 they have faced each other five times with pure victories for the North Americans, highlighting that in Rio de Janeiro 2016 they also faced each other during the group stage of the summer competition with a 2-0 win for the United States.

Erin Nayler will undoubtedly have a night of hard work under the three posts, where she will have to do her best to keep New Zealand's chances of getting a surprise result.

A revenge tournament for Alex Morgan, where he will have to start producing in the end zone to help the U.S. regain confidence and pick up three urgent points.

1 Erin Nayler, 8 Abby Erceg, 3 Anna Green, 5 Meikayla Moore, 2 Ria Percival, 14 Katie Bowen, 7 Ali Riley, 4 C.J. Bott, 17 Hannah Wilkinson, 11 Olivia Chance, 12 Betsy Hassett.

1 Alyssa Naeher, 4 Becky Sauerbrunn, 17 Abby Dahlkemper, 2 Crystal Dunn, 5 Kelley O'Hara, 9 Lindsey Horan, 3 Sam Mewis, 16 Rose Lavelle, 13 Alex Morgan, 11 Christen Press, 7 Tobin Heath.

Sweden leads the group with three points, as does Australia, while New Zealand and the United States are bottom of the group with no points.

Although the United States have already lost, they are not invincible, so New Zealand will try to pull off a shock despite starting out as the main victims in this section.

The United States have not found the formula to beat Sweden and in their debut they suffered a real nightmare when they lost 3-0 to the Swedes, so this game will have to be a full vindication to gain confidence and still have a chance to play for everything in the last match against Australia.

The USWNT vs New Zealand match will be played at the Saitama Stadium, in Tokyo, Japan. The kick-off is scheduled at 7:30 am ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.