The United States women's national team beat Iceland 3-1 in its first match on home soil since winning gold at the Olympics.
AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. women's national team may have looked a little rusty, but the squad won its first match since its remarkable gold medal run at the Paris Olympics, beating Iceland 3-1 on Thursday night at Q2 Stadium. Alyssa Thompson, who was not part of the Olympics team this summer, opened the scoring with a banger in the 39th minute. This was the 19-year-old's 10th cap, but her first-ever international goal, and it was a thing of beauty.
'I was like, this is surreal,' an out-of-breath Thompson told the broadcast at halftime. 'Being able to get my first goal, I can't describe how I feel. I'm just so happy.' Turning point: Iceland equalized in the 56th minute when Selma Magnúsdóttir's shot from distance sailed past Alyssa Naeher. But that score line would not last.
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