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| USWNT v England: women's soccer friendly – live! | USWNT v England: women's soccer friendly – live! |
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| 12.46am GMT | |
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| 1 min: And they’re off! USA attacking from left to right in all-white kits, England from right to left in all-red strips. And the United States is quickly into the attack! They move the ball rapidly down the right flank and cross it to the center where the England keeper corrals it. | |
| 12.40am GMT | |
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| The players have emerged from the tunnel. Now the singing of God Save the Queen followed by the American national anthem. | |
| 12.28am GMT | |
| 00:28 | |
| Kickoff is just minutes away. Here are some notes about tonight’s match courtesy of US Soccer. | |
| 11.58pm GMT | 11.58pm GMT |
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| Hello and welome to tonight’s SheBelieves Cup match between the United States and England. It’s opening night of the six-match competition featuring four of the world’s top five ranked sides and Germany has just won 1-0 over France in the opener on Leonie Maier’s 83rd-minute goal. | Hello and welome to tonight’s SheBelieves Cup match between the United States and England. It’s opening night of the six-match competition featuring four of the world’s top five ranked sides and Germany has just won 1-0 over France in the opener on Leonie Maier’s 83rd-minute goal. |
| That sets the stage for USA v England – the World Cup final that so nearly was – kicking off in just over a half hour’s time. Here’s a look at tonight’s teams. | That sets the stage for USA v England – the World Cup final that so nearly was – kicking off in just over a half hour’s time. Here’s a look at tonight’s teams. |
| USA: Solo, O’Hara, Sonnett, Sauerbrunn, Kling, Brian, Horan, Heath, Lloyd (c), Pugh, Morgan | USA: Solo, O’Hara, Sonnett, Sauerbrunn, Kling, Brian, Horan, Heath, Lloyd (c), Pugh, Morgan |
| England: Bardsley, Bronze, Houghton (c), Flaherty, Greenwood, Williams, J Scott, Nobbs, Stokes, Duggan, Taylor | England: Bardsley, Bronze, Houghton (c), Flaherty, Greenwood, Williams, J Scott, Nobbs, Stokes, Duggan, Taylor |
| 9.58pm GMT | 9.58pm GMT |
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| Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s some news from a World Cup winner: | Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s some news from a World Cup winner: |
| Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. | Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. |
| The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday. Upon her death, her brain will go to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, a joint project with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine. | The 47-year-old Chastain announced her donation to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday. Upon her death, her brain will go to the VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank, a joint project with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine. |
| “It is really about: how I can help impact soccer beyond scoring a goal in 1999 in the World Cup final. Can I do something more to leave soccer in a better place than it was when I began this wonderful journey with this game?” she said. | “It is really about: how I can help impact soccer beyond scoring a goal in 1999 in the World Cup final. Can I do something more to leave soccer in a better place than it was when I began this wonderful journey with this game?” she said. |
| Researchers are studying the postmortem human brain and spinal cord tissue in hopes of diagnosing and treating chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative condition caused by a blow or blows to the head. | Researchers are studying the postmortem human brain and spinal cord tissue in hopes of diagnosing and treating chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative condition caused by a blow or blows to the head. |
| The research team last month announced that it had found signs of CTE in the brain of former Oakland Raiders quarterback and NFL MVP Ken Stabler. But of the 307 brains in the bank, just seven are from women and none has been found to have CTE. | The research team last month announced that it had found signs of CTE in the brain of former Oakland Raiders quarterback and NFL MVP Ken Stabler. But of the 307 brains in the bank, just seven are from women and none has been found to have CTE. |
| “We currently know so little about how gender influences outcome after trauma,” said Dr Ann McKee, director of the brain bank program. “Her pledge marks an important step to expand our knowledge in this critical area.” | “We currently know so little about how gender influences outcome after trauma,” said Dr Ann McKee, director of the brain bank program. “Her pledge marks an important step to expand our knowledge in this critical area.” |
| Chastain isn’t sure she’s had concussions, but suspects she has had at least a couple. In her playing days, there wasn’t the knowledge about concussions that there is today. | Chastain isn’t sure she’s had concussions, but suspects she has had at least a couple. In her playing days, there wasn’t the knowledge about concussions that there is today. |