USWNT beats Japan 3-0, displaying dominance after Tuesday's loss

On a cool night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., the U.S. women’s national team didn’t just beat Japan, it looked like itself again.And at the very center of their 3-0 score was defender Kennedy Wesley.After a scoreless first half, Wesley set up Naomi Girma in the 47th minute, who calmly finished at the back post. Seventeen minutes later, Wesley’s moment came — she got on the scoresheet after meeting a corner from Jaedyn Shaw for her first international goal. In between, Rose Lavelle delivered a stunner that kept the momentum firmly on the U.S. side.Advertisement