USA claim record 13-0 win over Thailand at Women’s World Cup
United States' forward Carli Lloyd (2R) celebrates with United States' forward Megan Rapinoe after scoring a goal during the France 2019 Women's World Cup Group F football match between USA and Thailand, on June 11, 2019, at the Auguste-Delaune Stadium in Reims, eastern France.
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June 10, 2019

USA claim record 13-0 win over Thailand at Women’s World Cup

REIMS, France (AFP) — Champions  the United States began their defence of the women’s World Cup trophy in style on Tuesday as Alex Morgan scored five times in a record-setting 13-0 destruction of hapless Thailand in Reims.

Ten of their goals came in the second half as the USA set a new record for the biggest winning margin in a women’s World Cup match, bettering Germany’s 11-0 defeat of Argentina in 2007.

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