The U.S. women’s national team may have split a pair of feisty friendlies with Brazil, but it learned lots at the site of next year’s World Cup.

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The U.S. women’s national team may have split a pair of feisty friendlies with Brazil, but it learned lots at the site of next year’s World Cup.

Tuesday's wild game between the U.S. and Brazil may have revived one of the fiercest rivalries in women's soccer.