Women's World Cup Results 2019: Group Scores and Twitter Reaction from Tuesday

The United States opened their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign with a record-breaking 13-0 mauling of Thailand in Group F on Tuesday to wrap up the first round of fixtures at the France tournament.

Alex Morgan scored five times for the defending champions at Reims' Stade Auguste-Delaune as they registered the biggest win in any World Cup:

Rose Lavelle and Samantha Mewis both netted doubles, and Lindsey Horan, Megan Rapinoe, Mallory Pugh and Carli Lloyd also got on the scoresheet. 

Earlier in the day, substitute Jill Roord scored deep into stoppage-time to give the Netherlands a scrappy 1-0 win over New Zealand in their opening match of France 2019. 

The Football Ferns defended superbly and looked to have claimed an unlikely point at Le Havre's Stade Oceane as the clock ticked past the 90-minute mark.

But Kiwi hearts were broken when Roord nodded home from two yards out to move the Netherlands joint top of Group E with Canada, who beat Cameroon 1-0 on Monday. 

Meanwhile, late goals from striker Kosovare Asllani and substitute Madelen Janogy saw Sweden to a laboured 2-0 win over Chile in Group F in a match that was suspended for almost an hour due to a thunderstorm in Rennes.

Tuesday Results

Group E: New Zealand 0-1 Netherlands

Group F: Chile 0-2 Sweden 

Group F: USA 13-0 Thailand

Tuesday Recap

Unlike four years ago, the U.S. have not been tipped as undisputed favourites for the 2019 World Cup, but they were relentless on Tuesday, even if it was against the side ranked No. 34 in the world.

It was only 3-0 at half-time after Morgan's opening header, Lavelle's powerful strike and Horan's close-range effort soon after the half-hour mark. 

Just 11 minutes into the second half, though, it was 7-0 after Mewis' double and further strikes from Morgan and Lavelle: 

Jill Ellis' side were not satisfied, and in the 74th minute, Morgan completed her hat-trick before Rapinoe got in on the act as she finished a great move five minutes later.

The suffering continued for Thailand when Morgan smashed home from the edge of the box for 10-0 before Pugh's goal:

Suitably it was Morgan who set the new record with a brilliant solo goal:

And Lloyd finished off the rout in stoppage time to complete one of the most remarkable demolition jobs in football history:

On the balance of play, the Dutch deserved the three points on Tuesday, but New Zealand will be disappointed not to have held on for a draw.

For the majority of the match, the Orange Lionesses were not clinical enough, showing a tentativeness that belied their position as European champions.

They were rightly well backed before the tournament, but Tuesday's outing showed there is work for them to do:

Vivianne Miedema, Lieke Martens and Dominique Bloodworth all had great chances to open the scoring, but they could not find the target.

Meanwhile, New Zealand goalkeeper Erin Nayler and her defence were solid throughout, keeping their side in the game with the Netherlands laying siege to their penalty area late on:

The Kiwis had their chances to score, though. 

Rosie White's stinging effort from 30 yards in the first half forced a save from Sari van Veenendaal. The Dutch goalkeeper was in action again soon after half-time when she clawed away Sarah Gregorius' scuffed close-range effort.

And Olivia Chance provided possibly the best piece of skill of the match when she sent a beautifully weighted chip goalward in the opening exchanges, only to see it hit the crossbar:

But with Dutch desperation increasing as the game moved into stoppage time, Lineth Beerensteyn headed a cross from the left-hand side across goal to Roord, who found the back of the net.

Chile were huge underdogs going into Tuesday's clash at Roazhon Park, not least as they were playing their first ever game at a World Cup, while Sweden are veterans of the competition:

Unsurprisingly, Sweden dominated possession and territory for the entire match, but they were largely woeful in the final third when it came to creating chances.

Chile's Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Christiane Endler did make one superb save in the first half when she got down well to palm away Linda Sembrant's deflected header:

But Sweden had plenty to think about when the two sides were forced off with 19 minutes to go after a deluge turned into an electric storm:

Upon the restart, Sofia Jakobsson clipped a deft chip goalwards and Endler tipped the ball over the bar.

But in the 83rd minute, the ball fell kindly for Asllani in the box after a failed Chile clearance, and she made no mistake in sweeping the winner into the roof of the net from seven yards.  

With Chile tiring, the sparkling Janogy then robbed possession in the opposition half in stoppage time and finished brilliantly from the edge of the box after a mazy run.