USWNT Beats Brazil 1-0 in Chaotic Friendly; 8 Red Cards Issued

USWNT player Sophia Wilson sustained an elbow strike to the face during the match, requiring her exit from the game.

On a June evening in Fortaleza, what was meant to be a preparatory exercise between two storied programs became a mirror held up to the fragility of sportsmanship under pressure. The U.S. Women's National Team claimed a 1-0 victory over Brazil, but the match will be remembered not for the goal that decided it, but for the eight red cards that surrounded it — and for the player who scored the winning moment only to be carried out of it by an elbow to the face. In the long arc of international women's soccer's effort to be taken seriously as a sport of skill and grace, this night in Brazil stand

USWNT Beats Brazil 1-0 in Chaotic Friendly; 8 Red Cards Issued

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