logo
welcome
ESPN

ESPN

USWNT-Netherlands talking points: Naeher shines in send-off, Dutch show promise without Yohannes

ESPN
Summary
Nutrition label

74% Informative

Alyssa Naeher's final match for the United States women's national team ends in a 2 -1 victory against the Netherlands in The Hague on Tuesday evening .

The victory means Emma Hayes extends her unbeaten run as USWNT coach, which includes 13 wins in 15 matches.

The Dutch opened the scoring after 15 minutes through an own-goal from Veerle Buurman .

The 17-year-old Lily Yohannes was given her chance from the bench in the 66th minute and played a role in Williams ' winner just five minutes later .

The Netherlands beat the U.S. 2 -0 in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier against the USA on Tuesday night .

The Netherlands are without Vivianne Miedema , who has scored 96 goals in 120 international appearances.

The Dutch created seven chances, but only scored once in recent matches against the USWNT .

Chelsea 's Buurman scored the first goal for the Dutch , who is on loan at PSV Eindhoven from Chelsea .

Jenna Nighswonger was arguably the weak-link of the USWNT 's XI .

The left-back struggled to close down the runs that the Netherlands found themselves with through the midfield.

VR Score

85

Informative language

90

Neutral language

53

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links