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US women have a ragged effort in World Cup tuneup win over South Africa

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The U.S. national team doesn't leave for Europe and this summer's Women's World Cup for another two weeks. That's probably a good thing given the way the Americans played Sunday in a ragged 3-0 win over South Africa before a crowd of 22,788 at Levi's Stadium.

The crowd was the largest for a national team game, men or women, this year, although it had plenty of room to move around in the 68,500-seat NFL stadium. And while the

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