The three-times World Cup winners, ranked number one in the world, beat France in their quarter-finals but are set to face an England team full of belief in their chances of glory. Could this be the game which ends American hegemony in women’s football? It was sat there thinking wow, this is for a women’s football game,” she told Reuters. I thought this is the level of international women’s football that I want to play at,” she added. England lost that game 3-0, the match serving as another reminder of American dominance, with a tired England side “battered physically,” according to Brown.

Source: National Post July 01, 2019 11:03 UTC