France, June 20 -- Australia defender Cameron Burgess stabbed the ball into his own net after 11 minutes to give the US the lead at the Seattle Stadium.

US defender Alex Freeman added the second just before half time.

After the pause, Australia went on the front foot and pushed the hosts back. But they could not find the breakthrough to set up a grandstand finish for an equaliser.

"Overall I'm very happy with the response to the first half performance," said Australia head coach Tony Popovic.

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"It's a very inexperienced team at this level. We don't have the experience of playing in big leagues.

"The players could have easily caved in under the pressure physically an...