It finally feels like the new era of the U.S. women's national team has begun. With the retirement of legend Carli Lloyd with last month's games, U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski brought a young squad to Australia for a two-game series that finished up Tuesday, including five USWNT players who got their first caps.
With a 3-0 win Saturday for the USWNT followed by a 1-1 draw on Tuesday, the Matildas may not have provided the sting the Americans may need in the long run, but the games did mark a full page-turn from the summer's 2020 Olympics, which saw the U.