The Netherlands thrashed Vietnam 7-0 early Tuesday morning to clinch Group E ahead of the United States as the U.S. scuffled to a 0-0 tie with Portugal.
The Dutch did what the U.S. couldn’t do against Vietnam and found the back of the net time and time again. The USWNT beat Vietnam 3-0 to open the Women’s World Cup; the Netherlands had topped the U.S. goal total within the first 25 minutes.
Lieke Martens opened the scoring in the eighth minute and her goal was followed quickly by another from Katie Snoeijs. Esmee Brugts scored her first of two goals in the 18th minute and then Jill Roord — the player who scored against the USWNT — scored her first of two goals in the 23rd minute.Catch all the excellence that put the Netherlands atop Group E 🙌
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