Camille Abily scored two goals, Eugenie Le Sommer added another and France beat the United States 3-0 on a rainy Tuesday night to win the She- Believes Cup at RFK Stadium.
France scored two goals in the first nine minutes and cruised.
Le Sommer got behind the defense for a through ball and was tripped in the box by goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. Abily calmly rolled the penalty kick up the middle in the eighth minute as Naeher dove to her left.
Le Sommer made it 2-0 one minute later after racing past the defense again to be first to Wendie Renard’s long ball. She took a touch in the box to split two defenders and slotted it near post.
In the 63rd minute, Eve Perisset was left open down the right side and she played it across goal for an Abily touch.
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