Despite the lead, the USWNT and Iceland traded shots in fairly equal measure for much of the game, allowing the visitors to score an equalizer in the 56th minute. Space freed around Selma Sol Magnusdottir and so she dashed toward goal and shot from distance, taking advantage of a ball-watching USWNT in the process.

The 19-year-old Thompson made her third start for the US, while Jaedyn Shaw and Sophia Smith also scored for Emma Hayes's squad.

The United States women's national team beat Iceland 3-1 in its first match on home soil since winning gold at the Olympics.

Shaw, who was born in Frisco, fired home the winning goal in the 85th minute as the USWNT defeated Iceland 3-1 in an international friendly at Q2 Stadium. More: Mallory Swanson celebrates more than a gold medal as USWNT starts its tour in Austin Coming on in the 66th minute as a second-half sub,