Wiegman vowed to experiment - did USA draw show 'evolution'?

England's goalless draw with the United States gave a glimpse of Sarina Wiegman's plans for Euro 2025 as they experimented and put in a strong defensive display.

Following disappointing performances against Germany and South Africa in October, former England midfielder Karen Carney said she was "praying for a bit of evolution" - and they got some.

Changes in formation, tweaks to positions and a return to their "World Cup vibes" helped England keep Olympic champions at bay.

While this was by no means a complete improvement, it showed England have progressed in the month since their 4-3 defeat by Germany at Wembley.

"We are learning things. This shows where we are at and we need to keep improving. It is November now," said Wiegman.

"This is good but we want to be better again. We have to be better again."

While there were clear improvements in defence and a better structure out of possession, England's lack of attacking threat was evident.

The loss of injured trio Lauren Hemp, Ella Toone and Lauren James had an impact but the USA, without their star players, were still able to cause problems.

"We looked happy to not concede because of games previously and that's disappointing because there are some players we haven't really seen," former England striker Ian Wright told ITV.

"It felt to me like England were happy to take a 0-0. We struggle to have a properly complete performance."

But Wiegman was not concerned having clearly focused on their defensive structure and tweaks to the set-up.

"We want to go for a win. It was such a high-intense game and you need to deal with the opponent. You can’t go 'OK, now we are going to score a goal,'" said Wiegman.

"We tried of course to do that. In the second half, we got more momentum and got towards their goal a little more. In the first half we had less moments like that.

"But we didn’t slow down to keep 0-0 - that’s just how the game went."