ShareSpain scored twice early on, but had to show their defensive strength in order to hold on for the win against the United States.World champions Spain scored two early goals and held off late pressure from the United States to earn a 2-0 friendly win at Audi Field.Patri Guijarro and Eva Navarro were both on target for Spain, who finished with 10 players after Athenea del Castillo's late red card, while Lily Yohannes saw a second-half penalty saved.Spain made a lightning-fast start as Edna Imade spread play out to Guijarro on the right and, after realising she had space for a shot, she let fly into the top-left corner from range just three minutes in.And La Roja doubled their lead just 11 minutes later; it was great work from Salma Paralluelo down the left, and she picked out the unmarked Navarro, who rifled her volley into the roof of the net.The USA almost pulled one back moments later, with Alyssa Thompson getting the better of Adriana Nanclares, but Lucia Corrales was on the line to clear the danger.Nanclares made smart stops to deny Sophia Wilson and Lindsey Heaps shortly after, before the former fired narrowly wide of the post before the break.The USA continued to pile on the pressure after the break, and Wilson thought she had halved the deficit in the 54th minute, but the goal was disallowed for offside following a VAR review.Nanclares continued to impress, keeping out Trinity Rodman, Wilson and Rose Lavelle before she also got down to Yohannes' penalty after Natalia Ramos was penalised for a shirt pull in the box.In the first minute of stoppage time, Del Castillo was shown a straight red card following a VAR review after she pulled Michelle Cooper's hair, but Spain held out for a clean sheet and a win.Nanclares impresses as USA fail to find golden touchSpain have already booked their place in next year's Women's World Cup, meaning this was the perfect warm-up for the United States ahead of their own qualifiers.And though Emma Hayes' side were undone by the early goals, she will have seen plenty of positives from this performance to take forward.All of Spain's six shots came in the first half, as did their two goals, and they looked set to run riot after going 2-0 up inside 14 minutes, but the USA recovered, albeit without hitting the back of the net.The USA finished with 13 attempts overall, with seven of those coming after the break, but they came up against an inspired Nanclares, who made six stops after the break, including that key penalty save.Sonia Bermudez will definitely want to see an improvement when the two sides face off again on Tuesday, while Hayes' main aim will be to unlock her attacking force.Spain scored twice early on, but had to show their defensive strength in order to hold on for the win against the United States.World champions Spain scored two early goals and held off late pressure from the United States to earn a 2-0 friendly win at Audi Field.Patri Guijarro and Eva Navarro were both on target for Spain, who finished with 10 players after Athenea del Castillo's late red card, while Lily Yohannes saw a second-half penalty saved.Spain made a lightning-fast start as Edna Imade spread play out to Guijarro on the right and, after realising she had space for a shot, she let fly into the top-left corner from range just three minutes in.And La Roja doubled their lead just 11 minutes later; it was great work from Salma Paralluelo down the left, and she picked out the unmarked Navarro, who rifled her volley into the roof of the net.The USA almost pulled one back moments later, with Alyssa Thompson getting the better of Adriana Nanclares, but Lucia Corrales was on the line to clear the danger.Nanclares made smart stops to deny Sophia Wilson and Lindsey Heaps shortly after, before the former fired narrowly wide of the post before the break.The USA continued to pile on the pressure after the break, and Wilson thought she had halved the deficit in the 54th minute, but the goal was disallowed for offside following a VAR review.Nanclares continued to impress, keeping out Trinity Rodman, Wilson and Rose Lavelle before she also got down to Yohannes' penalty after Natalia Ramos was penalised for a shirt pull in the box.In the first minute of stoppage time, Del Castillo was shown a straight red card following a VAR review after she pulled Michelle Cooper's hair, but Spain held out for a clean sheet and a win.Nanclares impresses as USA fail to find golden touchSpain have already booked their place in next year's Women's World Cup, meaning this was the perfect warm-up for the United States ahead of their own qualifiers.And though Emma Hayes' side were undone by the early goals, she will have seen plenty of positives from this performance to take forward.All of Spain's six shots came in the first half, as did their two goals, and they looked set to run riot after going 2-0 up inside 14 minutes, but the USA recovered, albeit without hitting the back of the net.The USA finished with 13 attempts overall, with seven of those coming after the break, but they came up against an inspired Nanclares, who made six stops after the break, including that key penalty save.Sonia Bermudez will definitely want to see an improvement when the two sides face off again on Tuesday, while Hayes' main aim will be to unlock her attacking force.