Emma Hayes was welcomed home to London with fireworks Saturday as the USWNT battled it out with England in front of 78,346 fans at Wembley Stadium. It was a game of push and pull in England’s capital, with both nations failing to capitalize on their chances to end the friendly in a scoreless draw.

Defensively, the U.S. kept the Lionesses at bay mostly through a stranglehold on possession combined with an organized structure. When that structure did break down, the likes of Casey Krueger, Naomi Girma and the Emilys — Fox and Sonnett — were there to put out fires.

The growing rivalry between the United States women's national team and England takes its next step in November when the gold-medal winners from the 2024 Paris Olympics visit the reigning EURO winners at Wembley Stadium (Watch live on NBC Universo,