USA beat England 1-0 at women's football friendly

England suffered their second defeat in a row after losing to the United States 1-0 in a women's football international friendly at Stadium Milton Keynes on Friday.

Alex Morgan rose highest to head home a cross from Lauren Holiday in the 25th minute. It was her 50th goal for her country. ' England had a goal disallowed in the 56th minute when Jodie Taylor was ruled offside. Video footage showed that the goal should have been allowed.

England manager Mark Sampson was angry with the decision.

"It's just a wrong decision," he said after the match. "Physically we weren't in a position to compete and we knew we had to be a bit clever. Tonight we have learned we can be a threat on the counter attack, which is a huge positive for us because normally we dominate possession."

England were drawn with France, Mexico and Colombia in Group F at the Canada World Cup this summer. They will open their World Cup campaign against France on 9 June.

It was their second defeat in a row following their loss to world No. 1 Germany 3-0 at Wembley last November.

The U.S. team, beaten finalists to Japan four years ago at the Germany World Cup, lost 2-0 to France last week. They were drawn in Group D with Australia, Sweden and Nigeria. Endi