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 real journey has begun for the USWNT under Emma Hayes. Fresh off the Paris Olympics gold triumph, the American ladies are back to basics to play its October window. Scheduled to play two matches against Iceland,

US Women's National Team star Trinity Rodman is absent from the nation's friendly fixture against Iceland on Thursday October 24 at Austin's Q2 Stadium. Fans were confused when Rodman's name was absent from the 26-player squad for the upcoming October international fixtures.