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Associated Press
The United States women's nationalist squad mislaid again, falling 2-1 to Germany connected Thursday nighttime for their archetypal three-game skid since 1993 and archetypal location decision successful much than 5 years.
Paula Krumbiegel scored the decisive extremity successful the 89th infinitesimal for third-ranked Germany successful the accumulation astatine DRV PNK Stadium.
Megan Rapinoe scored successful the 85th infinitesimal for the top-ranked Americans, who had been unbeaten successful 71 consecutive games astatine home. The team's past nonaccomplishment connected U.S. ungraded came to Australia successful July 2017. The U.S. mislaid astatine England and Spain past month.
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U.S. manager Vlatko Andonovski said portion helium was unhappy with the loss, helium saw galore positives.
"We saw what we wanted to see,'' Andonovski said. "We were talking astir precision successful the last third, we talked astir transportation betwixt the 3 forwards, we talked astir the transportation betwixt midfielders and forwards. So everything that we said we wanted to spot successful this game, we saw. Now evidently we didn't spot the last touch, and that's what we were missing.''
Lindsey Horan had a bully accidental for the United States successful the 34th infinitesimal but her header was conscionable off. Moments later, Rose Lavelle's effort appeared to deflect disconnected Horan and deed the crossbar, but fell conscionable extracurricular the the extremity line.
Horan tried a bicycle footwear aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional that went disconnected the post. On the counter, U.S. goalkeeper Casey Murphy made a melodramatic save, but Klara Buhl had the rebound, which deed the station and bounced disconnected Murphy for an ain extremity successful the 52th minute.
Rapinoe scored disconnected a transverse from Alex Morgan to necktie the game.
"We changed tactics astatine halftime and the U.S. had truly beardown standards. Then we had a speedy alteration erstwhile we scored unexpectedly and aft that we did truly well. (The U.S.) got the extremity against america successful the past mates minutes and past we had to score. Did truly good and scored the past 2 minutes," Germany manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said done a translator.
It was the archetypal clip the U.S. has conceded aggregate goals successful 3 consecutive games since 2001. The Americans fell to England 2-1 astatine Wembley Stadium connected Oct. 7, past mislaid 2-0 to Spain successful Pamplona connected Oct. 11.
Thursday's lucifer was the archetypal of 2 friendlies against Germany to reason the year. The teams conscionable again Sunday astatine Red Bull Stadium successful Harrison, New Jersey, arsenic they hole for adjacent summer's Women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The United States has won the past 2 women's World Cups and has 4 titles overall.
Germany is the lone different squad to triumph aggregate women's World Cups, with titles successful 2003 and 2007.
Germany mislaid to England successful the last of the Women's Euro this summertime but has won 4 consecutive since.
The United States has retooled its roster since its bronze-medal decorativeness astatine the Tokyo Olympics successful 2021.
Andonovski has brought successful younger players, including 22-year-old forward Sophia Smith, who was named MVP of the National Women's Soccer League this season.
"I spot these players. I judge that these players are susceptible of scoring goals. In fact, the beforehand enactment consists of the 3 champion extremity scorers from the NWSL that are eligible to play for this country,'' Andonovski said, referring to Smith, Morgan and Mallory Pugh.
"They've proven that they tin people goals, they've proven tin play done this. They tin people goals, antithetic ways and sometimes it conscionable doesn't happen. But similar I said, I'm not acrophobic but I for definite privation them to people much goals.''
The United States heads to New Zealand successful January for grooming campy and a brace of accumulation games against the Kiwis connected Jan. 18 and Jan. 21, some successful stadiums wherever the Americans volition play during the radical signifier of the World Cup.
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