Women's World Cup: US survives tough challenge from Spain
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Jun 25, 2019
3 minutes
REIMS, France - The U.S. didn't so much win its Women's World Cup game with Spain on Monday as it did escape it.
The Americans entered the elimination rounds of the tournament unchallenged, unscored upon and unbeaten. In 90 intense minutes, Spain ticked off the first two of those boxes and almost got the third before the U.S. prevailed 2-1 on the second of two Megan Rapinoe penalty kicks to advance to a long-anticipated quarterfinal showdown with France on Friday in Paris.
If the U.S.
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