Rose Lavelle marked her return to action for the U.S. Women’s National Team with a stunning goal and masterful performance that served as a reminder of just how important she continues to be for Vlatko Andonovski’s side.
Lavelle scored a beauty of a left-footed strike, and impressed throughout her 60-minute performance to earn SBI USWNT Woman of the Match honors in Friday’s 2-0 win against the Netherlands.
Facing a little ring rust after a 261-day layoff, it took the USWNT a little while to start cooking, but Lavelle’s tracking back to win a challenge and then run along side Christen Press, whose supply set up the big moment.
41' | @roselavelle with her third goal of the year and it’s a BEAUT! 🌹 pic.twitter.com/KEcK3qNdEV
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) November 27, 2020
Dutch keeper Sari van Veenendaal be seeing this one in her nightmares, where Lavelle plays a recurring role. If her world-famous strike over the same goalkeeper to seal the 2019 World Cup win wasn’t enough, Friday’s strike will also be a prominent memory in Lavelle’s goal catalog.
She made way for fellow goal scorer Kristie Mewis, but there is no doubt her play impacted the game the most.
What did you think of Lavelle’s performance? Who was your pick for Woman of the Match?
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Considering the layoff, our women looked good, ESPECIALLY in the Mid-Field.
And yeah, Rose Lavelle looked the best out there with her penetrating runs.
I also thought Samantha Mewis looked strong and her sis, Kristie, showed that she will be competing for a forward spot this year. But between the midfield and the back line, The Netherlands never really had a decent attempt on goal. While the U. S. appeared dominant throughout, they had a lot of opportunities which were squandered. They will not get that many scoring opportunities in the Olympic Games Final,so they need to sharpen their ball striking and thru passes. Most likely,The U.S. will meet England in the Olympic games final. Watching those English girls play over in the European club Matches, they will be stronger than in the W/C semis, where the U.S. just barely pulled it out thanks to Alyssa N’s PK save.