England’s World Cup in numbers
England came up short in their bid for the Womens World Cup final after a 2-1 defeat to the United States in Lyon.With the third-place play-off to come, PA reviews the Lionesses tournament in numbers.3 England have now reached three successive major tournament semi-finals, with their efforts in France adding to the 2015 World Cup and Euro 2017.(PA Graphic)6 Ellen White set an England goalscoring record at a Womens World Cup. She also matched Harry Kane in 2018 and Gary Lineker in 1986 for the most by any England player at a single World Cup and her career World Cup tally of seven trails only Linekers 10.4 the majority of Whites goals came with her weaker left foot as did her disallowed strike against the United States.3 the Lionesses missed three penalties in the tournament Nikita Parris against both Argentina and Norway, having scored one against Scotland, and Steph Houghton against the US.Steph Houghton, centre, sees her penalty saved by USA goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher (Richard Sellers/PA)7 goalscorers for England in the tournament, with Parris, Houghton, Jodie Taylor, Alex Greenwood, Jill Scott and Lucy Bronze joining White on the scoresheet.3 goals conceded, to Scotlands Claire Emslie and USA pair Christen Press and Alex Morgan.4 yellow cards shown to England players in the tournament, with Millie Brights two leading to a red in the semi-final. Parris and Jade Moore were the other players booked.53,512 the attendance for the semi-final in Lyon. Over 20,000 tickets have already been sold for Novembers homecoming against Germany at Wembley.11.7 million #ENG v #USA was the most-watched television programme of the year so far. https://t.co/27TwB6sBHy#FIFAWWC #Lionesses pic.twitter.com/82bLJhnxs2 BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 3, 201911.7million peak television viewing audience for the semi-final on BBC One making it the most-watched programme of 2019 so far in Britain.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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