USA 3-0 Vietnam: Sophia Smith scores twice as defending champions win World Cup opener
Vietnam keeper Kim Thanh was mobbed by her jubilant team-mates after saving Alex Morgan's penalty
Smith, one of 14 players in the USA squad appearing at their first World Cup, fired the number one ranked team in the world ahead with a low drilled finish from an angle. Vietnam rarely managed to get out of their own half but they worked hard and produced a gritty defensive performance to keep the scoreline respectable.While this was not the hammering some had predicted in the build-up, the United States did enough to get their campaign off to a winning start.
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