Carli Lloyd became the ninth player to reach the 50-goal milestone with a brace and the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated China PR 3-0 in front of 12,857 fans at Qualcomm Stadium.
Sydney Leroux added to the scoring column with her 29th career tally within the first minute of the second half. Hope Solo made one save for her 70th career clean sheet, moving to within one of Briana Scurry’s USA record of 71.
Interim head coach Jill Ellis ran the sidelines for the first time since Tom Sermanni was relieved of his duties as head coach on Sunday. Ellis is now 6-0-2 as the USA’s interim head coach. She was 5-0-2 as the interim coach in 2012 following Pia Sundhage’s departure.
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