USA vs. South Korea score, result, stats as Crystal Dunn, Lily Yohannes bookend second USWNT win for Emma Hayes

Kyle Bonn

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USA vs. South Korea score, result, stats as Crystal Dunn, Lily Yohannes bookend second USWNT win for Emma Hayes image

As Emma Hayes concluded her second match in charge of the USWNT, the transition from old to new was embodied perfectly in a 3-0 victory over South Korea in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday.

Veteran Swiss army knife Crystal Dunn opened the scoring 13 minutes in on her first start at forward in seven years, and 16-year-old debutant Lily Yohannes finished it off as a substitute to wrap it up.

Dunn's goal gave her the second-longest gap between USWNT goals at 75 caps, while Yohannes became the third-youngest player to ever score for the U.S. women. Between the two was a goal from Sophia Smith in yet another overwhelming victory under their new head coach.

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In truth, the first 60 minutes were slightly shakier than the emphatic 4-0 win over this same opponent back on Saturday, and Casey Murphy had more to do in goal than Jane Campbell did days ago in Colorado. But the introduction of Smith, Trinity Rodman, and Mallory Swanson gave the U.S. a jolt with 20 minutes to go, and they finished the match off in emphatic style.

Hayes now must make a number of tough decisions on the USWNT roster for the upcoming Summer Olympics, afforded just 18 places plus four alternates on the plane to Paris.

The Sporting News is following the USA vs. South Korea match live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.

USA vs. South Korea live score

 Score (2H)Goal scorers
USA3Dunn (13'),
S. Smith (67'),
Yohannes (82')
S. Korea0–

Kickoff: 7:07 p.m. local (8:07 p.m. ET / 5:07 p.m. PT)
Location: Allianz Stadium (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Referee: Astrid Azucena Gramajo (GUA)

MORE: All about new USWNT coach Emma Hayes who wins international debut vs. South Korea

Starting lineups:

USA (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Murphy (GK) — 20. Krueger (Fox, 72'), 2. Staab, 14. Sonnett, 3. Nighswonger (Rodman, 63') — 5. Albert (Yohannes, 72'), 10. Horan (Coffey, 63') — 8. Shaw, 17. Lavelle (Swanson, 62'), 19. Dunn — 13. Morgan (S. Smith, 63').

S. Korea (4-4-2, right to left): 18. Kim JM (GK) — 23. Kang (Lee SH, 90'), 2. Lee EY (Go, 78'), 20. Kim HR, 22. Choo — 10. Ji, 17. Lee YJ, 14. Jeon (So-Hyun, 45'), 11. Choe (Won, 90') — 13. Phair (Moon, 66'), 9. Lee GM.

USA vs. South Korea live updates, highlights, commentary

USA vs. South Korea stats

USAStatS. Korea
14Shots6
5Shots on target2
66.7%Possession33.3%
6Corners4
7Fouls11
0Yellow cards0

FULLTIME: USA 3-0 South Korea

The first 60 minutes weren't quite as sharp as they were in Emma Hayes' debut, but the introduction of the likely Olympic starting trio made all the difference, and 16-year-old Lily Yohannes looked brilliant in her debut performance for the USWNT.

All eyes now will be on Hayes as she looks to produce the final 18-player Olympic roster for the upcoming Paris games, with a number of difficult decisions to come in terms of making cuts. Yohannes wasn't expected to be in the mix, but a wonderful 15-minute showing could potentially see her considered as well, making the decisions even more difficult for the new head coach.

All-in-all, a pair of quality wins now under her belt, Hayes is tasked with ushering in a worldwide competitive return to prominence for this team after the 2023 Women's World Cup disappointment.

USA vs. South Korea: Second Half

90+1 min: As three minutes of stoppage time is shown, a pair of youngsters come on to make their South Korea debut as Lee So-Hee and Won Ju-Eun enter the match.

82nd min: GOAL! USA! LILY YOHANNES, JUST 16 YEARS OLD, HAS SCORED ON HER DEBUT! The corner is played short and swung in to the near post, left alone by two different U.S. players and running to the penalty spot where Yohannes is wide open waiting for the touch, and she redirects it past the goalkeeper for a U.S. third and a moment to remember!

80th min: Chance, USA! The U.S. substitutes are having a huge impact, as now Mal Swanson forces a big save by Kim Jung-Mi to touch the ball at her near post out wide for a corner. Swanson, Rodman, and Yohannes have been really explosive!

Kim is down in the aftermath, needing treatment as she fell awkwardly and banged her head on the ground.

76th min: Chance, USA! Young midfielder Lily Yohannes begins a wonderful move for the U.S. by finding Trinity Rodman out wide, and she cuts back onto her left before rifling a ball on net, drawing a brilliant save from South Korean goalkeeper Kim Jung-Mi who goes full-stretch to palm the ball off the crossbar and out!

71st min: Chance, USA! Mal Swanson is just inches away from a tap-in at the far post, lunging to reach a Trinity Rodman cross but just out of reach!

Korbin Albert and Casey Krueger exit, while Emily Fox enters at full-back and 16-year-old Lily Yohannes comes on for her highly anticipated debut in midfield.

70th min: Chance, South Korea! Casey Murphy makes another save, protecting her near post from the substitute Moon Mi-Ra who tried to flick the ball in past the U.S. goalkeeper!

67th min: GOAL! USA! Sophia Smith scores a second for the U.S. just minutes after coming off the bench! The usual suspects are all involved, as Trinity Rodman wins the ball up high, passing it to the top of the penalty area for Mallory Swanson who produces a wonderful little backheel flick to Smith behind her.

Smith has a lot of work still to do, marshaled towards the end line, but she manages to contort her body and squeeze the ball in from an extremely tight angle!

65th min: Chance, USA! Jaedyn Shaw curls one just wide of the far post! She's fed wonderfully by Sophia Smith who bursts down the left, cutting a ball laterally to the top of the penalty area where Shaw hits it first-time but drags it just wide right.

South Korea make a change up front as Casey Phair exits with Moon Mi-Ra coming on.

62nd min: The start to this second half has been quite slow as both sides look to rest on the ball and build forward deliberately. Emma Hayes is readying a few changes, with Sam Coffey amongst those readying to enter. She comes on alongside Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith, and Mallory Swanson, while Rose Lavelle is withdrawn alongside Alex Morgan, Lindsey Horan, and Jenna Nighswonger.

52nd min: Jaedyn Shaw, who was quiet in the first half, has been on the ball quite a bit early in the second half, winning a corner while trying to turn on the end line. Rose Lavelle's corner delivery is blown dead for a foul on Korbin Albert as Lee Young-Ju is down holding her midsection.

There's a long stoppage as the South Korean defender receives treatment on the pitch, which is a concern for the visitors. A replay shows she was injured on a bit of friendly fire as she fell into the leg of Kim Hye-Ri — she's up and off the field but looks to be in a fair bit of pain.

50th min: Melissa Ortiz notes on the TNT broadcast that Emma Hayes focused her halftime talk on patience in the buildup rather than forcing things forward, which is a stark contrast from Saturday's game when she wanted more energy and pace.

Ortiz also said that Hayes noted they need better timing from the front three in their rotations, often ending up in the wrong places too far out of position. No surprise then that Hayes left the same XI out on the field with a chance to improve on their first 45 minutes.

Kickoff: The second half has started with the rain continuing to fall in Minneapolis. No subs for the United States as they get the ball rolling, while South Korea make a change as Cho So-Hyun enters for Jeon Eun-Ha in midfield.

HALFTIME: USA 1-0 South Korea

After making nine changes to the starting lineup, Emma Hayes has a halftime lead for the second time in two games, but this one feels a little more at risk. Crystal Dunn's opening goal put them ahead 13 minutes in, but the hosts were sloppy in possession the rest of the way, and South Korea managed to test Casey Murphy from a dead ball situation.

They deserve their lead, but South Korea are more in this match than the one on Saturday, something Hayes will want to sort out at the break.

USA vs. South Korea: First Half

42nd min: Chance, USA! Emily Sonnett now gets on the end of another looped vertical ball over the top of the South Korean defense, but she puts it just inches wide right! That's so close too for the other U.S. center back! What's gotten into the USWNT defenders who have just cropped up on net twice in the span of three minutes!

40th min: Chance, USA! Lindsey Horan loops a glorious ball over the top and on a platter for...Sam Staab? Your eyes are not deceiving you, that's the U.S. center back making a run up forward and latching onto the delivery at the top of the six-yard box! She's under heavy pressure, and fails to get the shot on target, fizzing a really quality volleyed effort just inches over the crossbar!

That really should be a goal, but coming off the foot of a defender, it's not quite as surprising that it missed.

37th min: While the sloppiness by the U.S. hadn't been punished through the first half-hour of the match, South Korea has begun to cause more turnovers in midfield, and then build forward well after doing so. Casey Krueger is caught in possession but then fouled by a South Korean attacker, lucky to get away with some sloppiness facing her own net.

30th min: Chance, South Korea! South Korea youngster Casey Phair has been far more influential in this match in a bit deeper role than she was on the weekend as a traditional No. 9. She puts Emily Sonnett in a blender in midfield before South Korea win a free-kick just inches outside the U.S. penalty area shaded left of center.

Ji So-Yun, the leading goal scorer in South Korean history, takes the set-piece and goes for goal, ripping a missile towards the inside of the far post, but Casey Murphy makes a sensational save! What a stop by the U.S. goalkeeper who was shielded by the wall but saw it the whole way regardless and goes full stretch to palm it away with one hand!

27th min: The U.S. has been in complete control of this match as they were in the opener, but it's been a bit sloppier than Saturday's performance. They again look dangerous through a cross from Jenna Nighswonger from the same spot as the Dunn goal earlier, but nobody is there at the back post to meet it. Dunn was the closest.

13th min: GOAL! USA! The United States lead as Crystal Dunn scores in her first start in the attack since 2017!

Lindsey Horan produces a wonderful tackle in midfield to smother a South Korea attacking move and spring a U.S. counter, which looks promising at first before appearing to fizzle out with Jenna Nighswonger on the left hemmed in by a defender. Yet somehow Nightswonger manages to produce a whipped cross into a dangerous area along the six-yard box, and there's Dunn on hand to meet it at the far post for the tap-in!

8th min: A free-kick is won by Alex Morgan in the attacking third, shaded left about 30 yards from goal. Rose Lavelle stands over it, a bit far from net to put a shot on frame. Instead, she loops it to the penalty spot, and the ball fizzes across the face of goal without anyone latching on. That's disappointing from Morgan who can't get her foot to it at the far post.

2nd min: Rose Lavelle, on her 100th cap, has been very active in the first few minutes, as a pair of long balls from deep find her on runs forward. The second from Casey Krueger links up, but Lavelle checks it back at the end line before being dispossessed by a South Korean defender.

Kickoff: They're under way at Allianz Field in Minneapolis on a stormy evening in the rain! Emma Hayes looks to win both her first two matches in charge of the U.S. women's national team, while South Korea hope to salvage something from these two games.

USA vs. South Korea: Pre-match commentary, analysis, more

15 mins to kickoff: In goal for the United States, Casey Murphy will get a look tonight after Jane Campbell had little to do on the weekend. It's a big 90 minutes for Murphy who probably won't be tested often and can ill afford mistakes knowing there's only one place on the roster for the Olympics up for grabs.

Established No. 1 goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher isn't on the roster due to injury, but Emma Hayes hinted that she's still clearly the first-choice goalkeeper and rightly so, and on an 18-player Olympic roster, there will only be room for one more goalkeeper. Will Murphy have enough opportunities tonight to make her case?

30 mins to kickoff: This is a massive 90 minutes in the late stage of Alex Morgan's career, as she may not have many other opportunities to earn a place on the Olympic roster. Morgan is mired in the worst goal scoring drought of her international career, on a nine-match run without a goal dating back to early 2023.

45 mins to kickoff: South Korea have given 16-year-old Casey Phair another opportunity up front amidst a formational change, as they move to a 4-4-2 to more appropriately deal with the USWNT attackers dropping into pockets of space above their back line. A more crowded midfield should help with this, but at the cost of width.

1 hour to kickoff: The USWNT lineup is in, and when Emma Hayes promised changes, she sure was onto something — there are nine changes to the starting lineup from last time out, with only Lindsey Horan and Jenna Nighswonger retaining their places in the XI.

Most notably, Alex Morgan takes over up front with a big chance to prove her value to the team ahead of the Olympics, while Emily Sonnett drops back along the back line after about a year experimenting in midfield. Rose Lavelle and Korbin Albert partner in the middle, with Lindsey Horan above them in a more attacking role.

1 hour 15 mins to kick: Something former USWNT midfielder Sam Mewis noticed in the weekend match which she'll be looking out for again tonight is Mal Swanson starting on the wing but dropping centrally into the pocket between the opponent's back line and midfield.

She didn't have lots of space to operate in that area, but she doesn't need it — it took just a few moves off her teammate's deliveries to find openings to shoot, and it resulted in two goals for her last time out. Whether it's Swanson in that role tonight or someone else, look for that tactical approach again to create openings at the top of the penalty area.

1 hour 30 mins to kick: Emma Hayes hinted in her pre-match press conference that there will be significant changes to the USWNT lineup tonight. The one confirmed by Hayes will see a new individual in goal after Jane Campbell started on Saturday, so we'll see if she affords backups Aubrey Kingsbury or Casey Murphy a chance to earn a backup role at the Olympics behind starter Alyssa Naeher.

It would be reasonable to expect Alex Morgan to get a chance to start, after she didn't appear in the weekend match, while while Jaedyn Shaw could get a chance to start after coming off the bench in the last game. Other than that, we'll see who gets the nod.

1 hour 45 mins to kick: A big feature of the Emma Hayes debut against South Korea was her constant insistence on the team picking up the pace. CBS analyst Christine Cupo has translated that to "playing without fear" as Hayes wanted the USWNT to move forward more confidently in the attack without being so concerned about safety in the buildup.

With the counter-press so active, the USWNT under Hayes looked confident of its ability to win the ball back before the opponent could hurt them in transition, especially after the first 30 minutes after they begun to grasp her instructions more.

2 hours to kickoff: Emma Hayes has been brutally honest about the challenges her short transition from Chelsea to the U.S. women presents. In her press conference before tonight's match, Hayes equated the position she's in to being "a heart surgeon in the middle of emergency surgery."

After some clarification, the point she was making is that she can't be teaching others to do the surgery while she's in the middle of it herself. Eventually, she says she'll get to the point where she can teach others to carry out the jobs, but for now, she's tasked herself with everything until the first international camp is over.

USA vs. South Korea pre-match facts, figures

  • The 4-0 victory for Emma Hayes in her debut on Saturday was the second-largest margin of victory for a USWNT head coach in their first match, behind only Tony DiCiccio who defeated Australia 5-0 in his debut in 1995.
  • Mallory Swanson has scored 10 goals in her last nine international games dating back to before her injury.
  • This is the 17th all-time meeting between the USWNT and South Korea, with the United States unbeaten across that series, winning 12 and drawing four. They have never played in a competitive match, as all 16 games have been friendlies.

USA vs. South Korea lineups, team news

New head coach Emma Hayes did her best to downplay the importance of her starting XI in Saturday's game, saying it had no bearing on the eventual Olympic roster. Yet the absence of Alex Morgan felt like a signal about her status in the overall pecking order amongst USWNT forwards. She could be handed a chance to impress here after failing to appear in the previous game.

Youngster Jaedyn Shaw surprisingly came off the bench in Saturday's match and also could come into the side after exploding onto the USWNT scene through the past year under interim head coach Twila Kilgore. Mallory Swanson and Catarina Macario both played big roles in Saturday's win, but they could be given rest, as they've just returned to USWNT duty following significant knee injuries.

Lindsey Horan could be given rest after starting Saturday's match following the conclusion of a long club season with Lyon, with Rose Lavelle a candidate to enter depending on her full-match fitness amid a lingering knee injury.

USA starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Murphy (GK) — Krueger, Staab, Sonnett, Nighswonger — Albert, Lavelle — Shaw, Horan, Dunn — Morgan.

USA subs (12): Kingsbury (GK), Campbell (GK), Girma, Davidson, Fox, Hershfelt, Coffey, Yohannes, Rodman, S. Smith, Macario, Swanson.

This South Korea roster is quite inexperienced given a few injuries to certain veteran players at key positions. Most notably, an injury to right-back Jang Sel-gi leaves the side thin at that wing-back position, as Jang usually takes the field out wide having collected 102 international caps before the age of 30.

They are also absent central defender Lim Seon-joo, who tore her ACL back in February, leaving them without another player with over 100 international caps.

16-year-old Casey Phair, who became the youngest player to ever appear in a Women's World Cup match last summer, started the first game but had little service at the No. 9 position, and while she retains her place, she'll have attacking help alongside 30-year-old Lee Geum-Min. Veteran defender Kim Hye-Ri came off the bench last time out and is given a starting role tonight along the back line.

South Korea projected starting lineup (3-4-3): Kim JM (GK) — Kang, Lee EY, Kim HR, Choo — Ji, Lee YJ, Jeon, Choe — Phair, Lee GM.

South Korea subs (12): Choi YS (GK), Kim KH, Hong HJ, Won, Go, Hong SY, Lee JE, Cho, Moon, Chun, Kwon, Lee SH.

How to watch USA vs. South Korea

  • Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
  • English:
    • TV channel: TNT
    • Streaming: Sling, Max
  • Spanish:
    • TV channel: Universo
    • Streaming: Fubo

WATCH USWNT LIVE ON SLING TV

The second of two consecutive U.S. women's friendlies against South Korea will be televised in the United States on TNT, which can be streamed on Sling, who's offering $25 off the first month of service for new users. The match can also be streamed on Turner's dedicated platform Max, formerly known as HBO Max.

There is also a televised Spanish-language broadcast on Universo, which can be streamed on Fubo, who's offering a free trial for new users.

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Kyle Bonn

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Kyle Bonn, is a Syracuse University broadcast journalism graduate with over a decade of experience covering soccer globally. Kyle specializes in soccer tactics and betting, with a degree in data analytics. Kyle also does TV broadcasts for Wake Forest soccer, and has had previous stops with NBC Soccer and IMG College. When not covering the game, he has long enjoyed loyalty to the New York Giants, Yankees, and Fulham. Kyle enjoys playing racquetball and video games when not watching or covering sports.