Hello and welcome to Sportstar's live blog of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019.
It's time for the third and biggest match of the night as defending champion USA takes on Thailand at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France.
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USA faces Chile next, with the Sweden game being the final group match. Safe to say that we've had an overwhelming amount of football for one night. Until the next match, it's goodbye from the us at Sportstar!
To check out the points table and group standings as they are tonight, click here.
If we could sum up tonight in a tweet, it would look like this:
Thailand's Suchawadee Nildhamrong cannot hold back her tears. A night to forget for the Thailand team. USA has begun its title defense in style and if this doesn't send shock waves through the World Cup, we don't know what will.
90' +2 LLOYD SCORES! What a night this has turned out to be. USA 13-0 Thailand
87' FIVE FOR ALEX MORGAN. What a night for her this has been! If the US wins by this margin, it would be a record scoreline. The Americans are hunting for more.
84' Mallory Pugh gets one in. Morgan assists. You have to feel for Thailand. This is an onslaught.
This 11th goal is precisely why.
It's goals by the minute in Reims tonight. We are going to go easy on our updates. Dangerously high adrenaline, even if we say so.
80' Spoke too soon again! 10 TO THE US! Record score for the US! The girls make it look so easy. Thailand looks dejected. Goal number four for Alex Morgan.
79' ONE MORE. 9 - 0 to the US. Megan Rapinoe joins the party. We have 10 minutes left in this game. What more awaits us from this bunch of mavericks?
74' HAT-TRICK! Alex Morgan scores another one, becoming the fourth American woman to score a hat-trick in the World Cup finals, the last being Carli Lloyd. Morgan found in an inch of space just inside the Thai penalty area, sheturns on a dime, pulls the ball back onto her right foot and slamshome. Superb technique from one of the world's leading strikers.
There's 30 minutes left in this game (without the added time, of course) and we can't help but shudder at the thought of what is to happen to the scoreboard if this is the pace of the game!
56' Will you believe it if I told you we had four goals in six minutes? The Americans are not making this easy for us to bring you in real time. Alex Morgan, Samantha Mewis and Rose Lavelle net a goal apiece giving the USA a 7-goal lead.
50' After that point, it's only fitting that we find Rapinoe behind this goal! NUMBER FOUR for the American women! Another player on the scoresheet, with Mewis smashing the ball into the back of the net from just inside the box after Rapinoe lays it off into her path. The shot appears to take a slight deflection off a defender, but it was still always going in.
Carli Llyod and Megan Rapinoe have been relatively muted in this game. After representing the United States for over 13 years years, the veterans are more than comfortable in their new reduced roles. Read more here.
We saw a storm of one kind in Rennes earlier today. The US team has brought on another one. What a dominant performance. That essence continues in the second half.
It's been a brilliant first half for the US Women's National Team. The outfit is drawing inspiration from the side that won the Women's World Cup on home soil 20 years ago. Read about it here.
45'+2' Another penalty check! The US have numerous chances in the space of a couple of minutes to score, Thailand appear to just about manage to scramble it away but Horan picks it up again and then goes down theatrically under pressure. Nothing given on the pitch or after a VAR check
45' There will be a minimum of two minutes of added time played.
34' It'll be a miracle if Thailand can get anything out of this game now, with the US in total control and we've only played 34 minutes! There could be a few more goals here tonight.
32' GOAAAAAAL. Number 3 for USA. Tobin Heath and Lindsay Horan join the party. Heath whips a low cross into the box from the free-kick, which bounces around the six-yard box off Mewis and a couple of Thailand players, before falling perfectly to Horan who smashes the ball into the roof of the net.
29' Decent effort! Thongsombut with Thailand's first shot on goal and it's a good strike from long range, but it's straight at Naeher, who comfortably gathers.
If you're just joining us in our LIVE coverage of the USA vs THAILAND game and are a little lost, our match preview is probably a good place to start. From the players to watch out for to interesting numbers and records, here's all you need to know about the game.
20' ANOTHER ONE! The United States doubles its lead, it's 2-0! Lavellewith a great strike from around 25 yards out, the keeper gets ahand to it, but she just can't push it around the post and it fliesinto the bottom corner of the net.
12' GOOOAAALLL! Morgan scores again and this time it's allowed to stand, USA leads 1-0. It starts with Rapinoe down the left, she chips the ball across the box and O'Hara runs onto it in plenty of space, she then whips the ball into the path Morgan at the far post, who makes no mistakes with a simple header from close range. This is Morgan's 102nd goal for USA.
6' Alex Morgan goes for the goal but is ruled offside. Free kick to Thailand. If that was given, it would have been the earliest goal ever in this tournament.
3' Early pressure here by the United Stataes, as expected, it's dominating possession and piling players forward already. Thailand has everyone back behind the ball.
0' KICKOFF. And we're underway. Last match of the night. Biggest one yet.
Did you know: USA and Thailand have only played each other once with the former winning 9-0.
Did you know: Carli Llyod will become the ninth American woman to appear in four World Cups today.
Looks like the USWNT has some high-profile cheerleaders. Watch
TEAM NEWS USA: The United States will open the 2019 World Cup without its premier defensive stalwart. Becky Sauerbrunn is not in the lineup for Tuesday's Group F game against Thailand due to what U.S. Soccer describes as a "minor quad issue." The federation said her injury is not serious and she is being held out as a precaution.
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
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PREVIEW: USA VS THA
Thailand qualified for its second World Cup after reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 Asia Cup. It lost on penalties to Australia in the semi-final.
The defending champions, USA, kick their World Cup campaign off today, the last opening match of the group stages. The United States comes into the tournament in good form and is classed as favourites due to its record in this tournament, as it has never finished lower than third and have won a record three tournaments.
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