Holders the United States squeezed into the last 16 of the Women's World Cup with a shaky 0-0 draw against debutants Portugal on Tuesday to finish second in Group E behind a rampant Netherlands.
England will hope to have far less trouble when the European champions look to get the draw they need against China to reach the knockouts as Group D winners.
The United States came to Australia and New Zealand as favourites -- ahead of England -- to win an unprecedented third World Cup in a row.
But they have been nothing like the team that has dominated international women's football for so long and will need to be a lot better if they are to go much farther at the tournament.
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