
USA vs. Costa Rica Women's Soccer: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 Friendly
The United States women's national team thumped Costa Rica for the second time in four days on its victory tour with a 7-2 win in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Carli Lloyd and Heather O'Reilly scored two goals apiece as the Americans completed a two-game stretch against Costa Rica in which they outscored their opponent 15-2. Even more impressive, their unbeaten run at home stretches to 98 games dating back to 2004.
Costa Rica was trying to shake off an 8-0 thumping it received from the United States on Sunday in Pittsburgh, but rolling out a young, inexperienced lineup that had an average age of 22, all signs pointed to this game getting ugly.
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And it did quickly.
The hat-trick hero from this year's World Cup final, Lloyd, opened up the scoring seven minutes into the match.
When you're on your game, things just fall for you, and they did so with Lloyd's goal, unleashing a low screamer from 35 yards out that deflected off the wall, then the crossbar and dropped over the goal line.
The U.S. Women's Soccer Team had the replay of her goal:
Six minutes later, the U.S. doubled its lead. Lloyd had an opportunity to score her second of the night, but her shot was saved by Dinnia Diaz. The rebound fell to O'Reilly in the center of the box, and she sent it home.
O'Reilly's electrifying goal was shortly proceeded by actual lightning and a whole lot of it in the 14th minute, and the game was delayed for over an hour and 20 minutes. Goalkeeper Hope Solo, who was relegated to the locker room with her fellow teammates, had to wait out the storm inside.
But the skies eventually cleared, and the U.S. didn't have to wait long after the delay to continue its scoring, slotting three goals in a five-minute spell.
Four minutes after the restart, Abby Wambach, one of the most successful players in team history, chipped a left-footed effort inside the far post and in to make it 3-0 in the 18th minute.
Hope you didn't blink, because one minute and 20 seconds after Wambach's goal, Lloyd got her second of the night off of a corner from Megan Rapinoe, pounding in the low cross without being marked, as Costa Rica was completely overwhelmed.
Sports Illustrated's Ryan Krasnoo broke down America's dismantling of Costa Rica:
O'Reilly got her second and the United States' fifth in the 23rd minute, heading home a Wambach cross in which both players were yet again unmarked. O'Reilly, who had recorded just one multi-goal game before the victory tour, attained her second consecutive two-goal game, according to ESPN's Paul Carr.
Costa Rica wasn't doing itself any favors either, slotting in an own goal in the 31st minute that was originally given to Lloyd, but changed moments later.
The U.S. continued to create chances, but Caitlin Murray of the Guardian saw it starting to let up:
It seemed that America's unwillingness to run up the score gave Costa Rica an opportunity to tally a historic goal, its first in 12 matches against the United States, breaking a 65-0 scoring run when Cristin Granados' shot off of a cross just trickled out of the reach of Solo in the 41st minute.
America let up in the second half, sending on a plethora of substitutes on to finish off the game to see some action against a World Cup team. That's right, Costa Rica was competing in the 2015 World Cup and drew Spain and South Korea in the group stage before being eliminated.
Costa Rica grabbed a second in the 69th minute via Karla Villalobos, one of the goal-scorers against South Korea in the World Cup. Getting past the United States' high line, Villalobos managed to get in the clear and send a curling effort past substitute goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.
To put the icing on the cake for the red, white and blue, Alex Morgan scored America's seventh goal of the night, chesting down a cross at the far post. It's a welcome sight for American and Portland Thorns fans, as Morgan is recovering from knee surgery she underwent after the World Cup in July.
And to CBSSports.com's Sean Wagner-McGough, the U.S. could not have had a more well-rounded night:
But even in a lopsided exhibition game, one could see the dissatisfaction on the American players' faces when Costa Rica nabbed its consolation prizes. Despite the friendly title of the game, the U.S. is still looking for that perfect combination moving forward toward the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. But for now, the World Cup champions can take solace in knowing they dismantled the 34th-ranked team in the world as they continue to revel in their world title.






