Australia 0-3 USA: international women’s football friendly – as it happened
by Jonathan Howcroft from on (#5SD3X)
- Australia 0-3 USA (Hatch 1, Lavelle 49, Horan 68 pen)
- Record 36,109 crowd at Stadium Australia in Sydney
The US national anthem was delivered a cappella, with zero fanfare. An excellent job. Advance Australia Fair - oh boy - that was delivered by The Wiggles. Simon, the red Wiggle, took the closing notes like Pavarotti steaming in to claim all the glory at the end of the Three Tenors. This is not a drill.
Out walk the two squads onto Stadium Australia to the soundtrack of some VERY dramatic music, which isn't really complimented by the overcast skies and sparsely populated Olympic stadium.
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