At 7:00 a.m. on August 1, the Chinese women's soccer team played their first warm-up match of the U.S. tournament against the North American Women's Premier League rival, the San Francisco Nighthawks, on the green field of Keiser Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. In the end, with Jin Kun's second goal, Lu Yueyun's penalty kick, Lou Jiahui, Yuan Cong and Li Ying's goals, the Chinese women's soccer team achieved a 6-2 victory.
After the conclusion of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese women's soccer team embarked on a trip to the United States on July 27th, starting a month-long overseas training to prepare for the upcoming Asian Games and Women's World Cup. Yang Shuhui, who stayed in France, Tu Linli, who played in Iceland, and Zhao Yujie, who just returned from her studies at Florida State University, have returned to the team and met with the team in San Francisco.
It is worth mentioning that Tang Jiali has transferred to CFF Madrid in Spain, while Zhang Linyan has joined Grasshopper Club in Switzerland. They have returned to China with the Chinese National Men's Soccer Selection Team on July 28th and are expected to leave for Europe soon, so they will be absent from the U.S. training.
The San Francisco Nighthawks, as a member of the North American Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), the highest level of amateur women's soccer in the U.S. and Canada, sit in the second tier of the U.S. women's soccer league system, behind the professional league, the Women's Major League Soccer (NWSL).The WPSL is not only the largest women's soccer league in the U.S., North America, and globally, with 135 active teams, but it is also the longest-running women's soccer league, having gone through 23 seasons.
Players who had limited playing time in the East Asian Cup were given the opportunity to appear in today's warm-up match. The starting lineup featured Wu Haiyan, Li Jiayue, Xu Huan, Lou Jiahui, Lu Yueyun and Liu Yanqiu. In the first half, the Chinese women's soccer team led 2-1, and then in the second half, they continued their efforts and scored 4 goals in a row to seal the victory with a score of 6-2. Jin Kun, Lv Yueyun, Lou Jiahui, Yuan Cong and Li Ying all made their mark.
According to the established plan, the Chinese women's soccer team will usher in the second warm-up match of the U.S. tour on August 3, local time.
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