The U.S. women's national team rolled to a 5-0 win over the Dominican Republic during its CONCACAF W Gold Cup opener in Carson Tuesday night.
Midge Purce and Olivia Moultrie helped the USWNT rout the Dominican Republic as the teams kicked off their Group A slate late on Tuesday.
Olivia Moultrie scored twice in her first national team start and the United States defeated the Dominican Republic 5-0 on Tuesday night in the inaugural CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup tournament. Moultrie, 18, making just her third appearance with the national team, scored her first goal in the seventh minute when she stretched to tap the ball across the goal line. Lynn Williams added a goal off a pass from Midge Purce in the 30th minute to make it 2-0 in the U.S. team's first game of the year.
Japan women's captain Saki Kumagai has criticised Asian football officials after the away leg of their tie against North Korea for a spot at the Paris Olympics was moved to Saudi Arabia days before the game.Kumagai spoke to reporters in Japan on Tuesday as she was set to leave for Saudi Arabia, just a day after jetting in from her Italian club Roma.
