This was the team’s first match since Hayes named her 18-woman squad for Paris 2024 in which there was no place for veteran striker Alex Morgan. They avenged February’s 2-0 Gold Cup defeat with a much improved performance although the English coach was not getting carried away, merely calling it a "step in the right direction".

Despite dominating for long periods, Emma Hayes' United States Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) were only able to find the net once with the side perhaps guilty of over-elaborating in the final third.