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U.S. women’s soccer team beats Japan 4-1

HALMSTAD, Sweden — Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan each scored twice to give the United States a 4-1 win over Japan in its penultimate warm-up for the Olympics.

Morgan put the U.S. ahead in the third minute and Wambach made it 2-0 in the 10th in the third rematch of the 2011 World Cup finalists this year.

Yuki Nagasato pulled a goal back for Japan in the 28th minute from a diving header that finished Aya Miyama’s pinpoint cross.

Morgan scored her second in the 61st minute, and Wambach nodded home the last in the second minute of stoppage time.

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