The Three Fut Coins Lionesses had drawn 1-1 with Greg Ryan'sside when they last met in January but Fifa Coins it was three of USA'sabsentees from that fixture who scored their goals in Tianjin. AbbyWambach got the ball rolling three minutes after the restart,rising above her marker to powerfully head home a Kristine Lillycorner.
Within ten minutes their lead had doubled, Shannon Boxxpunishing England's failure to clear their lines with a low,right-footed shot into the bottom left-hand corner. Lilly then gother own name on the score-sheet, capitalising on a goalkeepingerror from Rachel Brown for one of the easiest of her 127international goals.
To England's credit, they did push forward in search of agoal but found the resistance of the USA defence unbreachable. Thetwo-time champions will now look forward to a semi-final againstthe winners of tomorrow's contest between Brazil and Australia.