{"id":1096876,"date":"2019-07-03T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1096876"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T14:55:02","slug":"england-womens-national-team-records-made-history-world-cup-2019","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/england-womens-national-team-records-made-history-world-cup-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Six ways the England Women’s national team made history at World Cup 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

England’s hopes of winning a first-ever Women’s World Cup were ended as holders USA dumped them out with a thrilling 2-1 semi-final win.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After all the talk of overcoming their illustrious opponents, the Lionesses were undone by some tight VAR calls, individual errors and a sip of tea from the irrepressible Alex Morgan.<\/p>\n

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Still, England came closer than they ever have done before to reaching that first Women’s World Cup final and, in the process, have torn up the nation’s history books along the way. Heads can certainly be held high and the future is filled with promise.<\/p>\n

Here are six ways the England women’s national team made history at France 2019, most of it good, some of it bad.<\/p>\n

1. Viewing figures<\/strong><\/h2>\n

BBC viewing figures for England’s semi-final loss against USA hit new heights for the women’s game, with a peak of around 11.7m people tuning in to see the final stages of coverage.<\/p>\n

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That eclipses the 6.5m people who viewed the all-English men’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at the start of June. Combined with the 4.8m Youtube viewers, the total amounts to a figure around 400,000 below England’s midweek World Cup defeat.<\/p>\n

Tuesday night’s semi-final is, thus far, is the most-watched Television broadcast in the UK during 2019.<\/p>\n

An average of 10.3m people tuned in for the entire match, which doesn’t include those watching via the BBC’s iPlayer service. The number of those who viewed online is, according to the Times, thought to be around 750,000.<\/p>\n

2. Prowess<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ellen White is now a national goalscoring icon.<\/p>\n

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The 30-year-old has six goals in five games at the World Cup so far. No England player for the women’s team has scored as many at a single World Cup. Only Three Lions strikers Gary Lineker and Harry Kane equal it. With Saturday’s third-place playoff still to come, who knows where her total will end.<\/p>\n

Just like Gareth Southgate’s waistcoat and Gazza’s tears, White’s celebration will become a part of English football folklore for years to come.<\/p>\n