LOS ANGELES: Three own goals by New Zealand defender Meikayla Moore helped deliver the reigning Women’s World Cup champion United States a 5-0 victory Sunday over the Football Ferns in the She Believes Cup.
Moore, who plays for Liverpool in the English Women’s Championship, knocked US crosses in the fifth, sixth and 36th minutes into the Kiwi net.
US forward Sophia Smith kicked the ball from the left side and Moore’s attempt to stop the ball with her right foot only sent it into the goal.
Seconds later, American defender Sofia Huerta charged upfield and crossed the ball from the right wing to the heart of the penalty area, where Moore deflected it into the goal.
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