Hosts U.S. beat China in women's soccer friendly

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United States beat China 3-0 in a women's soccer friendly in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday.

The three goals came from Sophia Smith, Lindsey Horan and Trinity Rodman.

Smith opened the scoring on eight minutes, beating China's goalkeeper Xu Huan off a pass from Rodman.

The hosts dominated the game but failed to widen the gap in the first half, squandering sever