USA Women beat Italy in a friendly international helped by a Catarina Macario double, while American Samoa made progress towards the World Cup.
Olivia Moultrie got the US off to a perfect start, firing past goalkeeper Laura Giuliani from Rose Lavelle’s cross, as they scored in the first 90 seconds for the fifth time this year.
Macario’s brace in 12 second-half minutes took her tally to six in her last six starts. Sam Coffey set her up for the first, and a Lily Yohannes ball over the top led to her second.
Japan defeated Canada 3-0 in Nagasaki and took the lead just before half-time, with Momoko Tanikawa scoring after being found by a header from Mina Tanaka.
Six minutes after the restart Tanaka scored a goal of her own from close range, then Tanikawa set up Aoba Fujino to make it 3-0.
American Samoa beat Tonga 3-0 in the Oceania World Cup Qualifying Preliminary Round and will now face the Cook Islands, who won 1-0 over Tahiti i their semi-final, to decide who advances to the group stage.
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