Barnes brace sees Newcastle rout sorry Man Utd

Sergiño Dest is one of the USMNT’s most irreplaceable players, but they’ll have to do without the right-back at this summer’s Copa América.

The Matildas have fallen to a dramatic 3-2 defeat against Nigeria in Brisbane, reframing their FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign from one that appeared to be in cruise control to a suddenly perilous endeavour sitting on the edge of the knife.