The USA’s next match is at Chenoan Stadium outside of Seoul on Tuesday, Oct. 31 against Australia, a 1-0 winner over the Netherlands in the other Group B match. With the draw, the USA likely needs to win its final two matches to make the Peace Queen Cup championship game. After playing Australia, the USA will finish Group B play against the Netherlands on Nov. 2, in Suwon, at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the outskirts of Seoul.

The USA dominated the first half, firing nine shots to Denmark’s three and earning 10 corner kicks to Denmark’s zero, but it was the Danes who got the first goal, scoring on their first trip into the USA’s defensive third. (Photos)

Forward Johanna Rasmussen spun a cross from the left wing on the ground in front of the USA’s retreating back line and Camilla Anderson hammered her left-footed first-time shot into the upper left corner from 16 yards, skimming the ball off the bottom of the crossbar and leaving U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo no chance.

Seconds earlier, the USA had missed a golden opportunity when Aly Wagner put Lilly through as the U.S. forward made a great run straight up the middle of the Danish defense, but with pressure coming on her left, she blasted the ball wide right of the goal from just outside the penalty box.

Andersen’s goal marked just the second time the USA had trailed in 2006 after the USA also fell behind 1-0 against Japan on May 7, but roared back to win 3-1 on a hat trick from Abby Wambach. With the tie, the USA moves to 13-0-4 this year and remains undefeated under head coach Greg Ryan.

The USA peppered the Denmark goal before the break, putting seven of its nine shots on frame, but Danish goalkeeper Heidi Johansen was extremely solid and made 10 saves in the match. The USA was denied an obvious penalty kick in the 22nd minute when Wambach was clearly cut down in the right side of the penalty box.

Less than a minute later, Wambach weaved her way through defenders on the dribble in the right side of the penalty area and fired a point blank shot at the near post that Johansen did well to kick save.

In the 40th minute, Wagner tried to catch Johansen off her goal line, but the U.S. midfielder’s probing chip from 25 yards out was tipped over the bar by the Danish ‘keeper.

The USA had a scare just before halftime as the wrong-footed Solo had to scramble back to save a deflected shot that was rolling harmlessly before it hit a U.S. defender and changed direction.

The USA finally broke through in the 73rd minute as Wambach out-muscled Mariann Knudsen in the left side of the box. She kept her feet despite a clip at her heels, and dribbled hard toward the near post before laying a perfect ball back on the grass to Lilly. The U.S. captain fired her first-time shot into the roof of the net at the upper left corner from 14 yards away. The clinical finish was the 114th goal of Lilly’s legendary career.

Just three minutes earlier, Carli Lloyd had a crack at goal, that chance also courtesy of a Wambach feed, who cut a short cross back into goal mouth traffic from the left side of the penalty area. Lloyd faked a shot and took a touch to give herself a sliver of space, but could not connect on her shot as it rolled right to Johansen.

Denmark did an excellent job defending the USA’s corner kick services, clearing all 10 of them in the first half, and then played a much better second half, limiting the U.S. team to one corner kick after the break. Denmark also did well to possess the ball in the second half and managed to put some pressure on the U.S. net, forcing Solo to make several challenging grabs off crosses.

The Americans had a final chance to win the game in the 86th minute as Wambach won a header to knock a Natasha Kai cross back into the middle, but Wagner’s shot amidst a scramble in front of the net was blocked right off her foot.

Denmark, which put just three shots on frame in the match, had just two dangerous chances besides the goal, a driven shot from Merete Pederson in the first half that sailed over the cross bar and the deflected shot that Solo corralled.

In Australia’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands, forward Sarah Walsh scored in the 67th minute when the Aussie forward hammered in a shot from the left elbow of the six-yard box. Australia dominated the match and with some better finishing, would have enjoyed a more comfortable afternoon as the Matildas missed three open net opportunities.

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