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USWNT Vs Australia: 3 things we learned – Alex Morgan hits century mark

By Daniel Garza

COMMERCE CITY, CO - APRIL 04: United states forward Alex Morgan (13) celebrates scoring her 100th goal with United states forward Megan Rapinoe (15) and teammates in game action during an International friendly match between the United states and Australia on April 4, 2019, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
COMMERCE CITY, CO - APRIL 04: United states forward Alex Morgan (13) celebrates scoring her 100th goal with United states forward Megan Rapinoe (15) and teammates in game action during an International friendly match between the United states and Australia on April 4, 2019, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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COMMERCE CITY, CO – APRIL 4: Mallory Pugh #22 of the United States celebrates her second goal of the game with Carli Lloyd #10 during the second half of an international friendly at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on April 4, 2019 in Commerce City, Colorado. The United States defeated Australia 5-3. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
COMMERCE CITY, CO – APRIL 4: Mallory Pugh #22 of the United States celebrates her second goal of the game with Carli Lloyd #10 during the second half of an international friendly at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on April 4, 2019 in Commerce City, Colorado. The United States defeated Australia 5-3. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /

2. Big win after SheBelieves disappointment

After failing to repeat as the SheBelieves champions in March, the USWNT left the competition with questions to be answered as to how they have performed against the world’s best.

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Japan, England, the champions, and Brazil are three of the better teams in the world. The USWNT beat just one of them in the SheBelieves Cup, a semi-meaningless 1-0 win over Brazil once the trophy had already been essentially handed to either England or Japan.

This win, then, at least confirms that they are still in the top five. Australia entered this match ranked sixth and the USWNT were comfortably the better team here.

This will be the last top 10-ranked team the USWNT will face before the World Cup. As a result, they will need to use this as one of their last evaluations for what it’s going to take to get back to the finals of the tournament. This may have only been a friendly, but this was a huge, confidence-boosting win nonetheless.

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