Late equaliser forces Matildas-USA draw

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Australia person snatched a precocious equaliser against the USA, acknowledgment to a deflected Kyah Simon effort.

Football tin beryllium a comic game, and connected a nighttime wherever their show was arguably not arsenic affirmative arsenic Saturday's 3-0 loss, the Matildas came distant with a draw.

Simon's shot, disconnected Sam Kerr's knockdown, cannoned into USA substitute Becky Sauerbrunn and wrong-footed keeper Casey Murphy, to the delight of much than 20,000 fans successful Newcastle.

AS IT HAPPENED: Australia 1, USA 1

With conscionable implicit 2 minutes of regular clip to play it was a infinitesimal of alleviation for Simon, who missed the champion accidental for the Aussies connected the weekend.

"She picked herself up, we needed that one," skipper Sam Kerr said afterwards.

The crippled had begun successful the nonstop aforesaid mode arsenic Saturday's 3-0 loss, with Australia conceding a extremity successful the opening moments.

Lynn Williams spotted Margaret Purce's tally down the close flank, and freed her successful the container with a beauteous slide-rule pass.

Purce looked up and rolled it backmost to Ashley Hatch, who scored successful the opening 30 seconds against Australia connected Saturday, and conscionable aft 3 minutes here.

"It's disappointing to concede successful the archetypal fewer minutes again," Kerr said.

"It astir apt wasn't our champion performance, but we're gathering ... we'll instrumentality a necktie against the satellite fig one."

Lindsey Horan, who won and converted a arguable punishment connected Saturday, had the shot successful the backmost of the nett successful the 2nd infinitesimal of wounded time, lone for the lineswoman's emblem to contradict her.

Coach Tony Gustavsson has stressed that it's not each astir results astatine the moment; it's astir the future.

But careless of that, it's a superb effect for Australia against the world's No.1-ranked team.

"I deliberation I had each the emotions you tin person arsenic a quality being tonight," Gustavsson said.

"The players person proven precisely what this squad is astir - that ne'er accidental dice attitude."

He went connected to praise the fans and the ambiance arsenic well, successful what was a grounds Matildas assemblage successful Newcastle of 20,495.

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