ALAJUELA: United States of America (USA) started their FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup campaign on a high as the side defeated Ghana 3-0 in the Group D match on Thursday.

The young USA side displayed their domination over Ghana for the majority of the match as the team had significantly better pass accuracy and possession than the latter and hence ran away with a consolidating 3-0 victory.

USA were off to a flying start to their opening match as Michelle Ivory Cooper struck in the 11th minute of the game to hand the side an early lead.

The two sides then remained involved in a hard fight and tested each other’s defences and it seemed that the first half would conclude with the unchanged scoreboard before Alyssa Paola Thompson sneaked through the Ghana defence to enhance USA’s lead to 2-0.

Team USA then had a similar start to the second half as Alysson Marie Sentnor took just six minutes to net the third goal for the side.

Ghana then looked to cut USA’s dominating lead but remained unable to do so as the USA defence did well to bar them from netting the ball.

Following this victory, the USA secured the top position in Group D, while the opening match defeat resulted in Ghana dropping to the bottom.

The second day of the world cup features three more matches including the defending champion Japan starting their campaign as they take on the Netherlands at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.

The action-filled tournament is being telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and will be simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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