Sophia Smith started and played 60 minutes in the U.S. Women’s National Team’s goalless draw with the Czech Republic. The Thorns forward made her 11th appearance in her third career start for the USWNT. Becky Sauerbrunn started the match on the bench but came on to make her 200th cap in the 72nd minute of the match. She became just the twelfth player in USWNT history to do so.
The U.S. nearly opened the scoring with a freak goal in the 4th minute. Mallory Pugh lofted a cross into the area that Czech keeper Barbora Votikova pushed off her own crossbar.