Daily News | Sophia Smith stars in the USWNT’s 3-0 win over Vietnam at the World Cup
Trinity Rodman started on the forward line with Sophia Smith and Alex Morgan. Andonovski’s choice of Rodman wasn’t surprising, but it still was a choice over veteran Lynn Williams.Vlatko Andonovski’s generational overhaul of the USWNT finally happened, but not how anyone imagined it wouldAs usual, the U.S. set out in a 4-3-3 formation, high-pressing in midfield to try to push the tempo.
With another defender on her back, Morgan flicked a backheel pass into the space behind her, and Smith dashed into the gap. Once Smith was on the ball, her left-footed strike was clean and authoritative. Rodman went down in the box under pressure from Vietnam’s Hoàng Thị Loan, and the contact initially wasn’t called a foul. But the video review officials told referee Bouchra Karboubi to stop the game, and she went to the monitor to have a look. Karboubi saw what she was looking for, then walked back into the field of play and called the penalty kick over the stadium loudspeakers.
The review was one reason why there were eight minutes of stoppage time in the first half. As with the men’s World Cup last fall, FIFA has ordered referees to give as much stoppage time as they think the ball actually was out of play for, not just a few minutes. The second half had nine minutes of added time.
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