It was a good result as a confidence booster going into the tournament. Rode their luck a little first half and always up against it, But defended better and better as the game wore on.
Bit fortuitous with the goal pouncing on a goalkeeping error, but taking these opportunities is what wins games.
Showed resilience and belief particularly as the game wore on.
Still going to be a tough WC, Canada are a very good side and Nederlands are on top form; they beat Aus 3-0 overnight.
Will need a lot of hard graft and a little luck to take points off either.
Still, football; anything can happen.
Was at the game and thought we were poor. Classic kiwi hoofball. England couldn't shoot to save themselves. We were camped in our own 18 yard box.
Naylor played well though and was LotM. Gregorious took her goal well too.
Off to Cardiff and hope we play better, we will need to get any kind of result in France.
The ugly reality is we are in an incredibly tough group and very unlikely to get through. I dont see much in the way of the next generation coming through, we seem to have levelled out a bit at the moment.
Yes we are in a tough group. And it looks like the Netherlands and Canada have really improved from last WC 4 years ago. I guess we will know in a few weeks time if our group of players has made any progress over that time.
The 1-0 win over England was an incredibly awesome result, but I feel it may have papered over some of the deficiencies in this team and I am worried about how they will go first up against the dutch.
For me Stott and Erceg were fantastic yesterday, and I hope there high standard and Sermanni's influence can lift the team.
But I fear it will be a difficult watch after seeing the U20 boys perform with such poise. I hope I'm proved wrong.