The BBC announced that the live semi-final against the USA attracted 11.7million viewers – the corporation’s biggest audience of the year – and amazing achievement.
Phil Neville’s side were beaten 2-1 against the States, with a crowd of more than 50,000 inside the stadium at Lyon.
READ: England v USA match report
City’s Ellen White scored England’s goal and had another ruled out for offside by VAR late on.
Loads more sport to come, and Hamilton, Sterling, Asher-Smith rightly main contenders, but Ellen White will surely receive plenty of support for BBC SPOTY in December. Gave absolutely everything for #Lionesses at #FIFAWWWC
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) July 3, 2019
White also won the penalty that skipper Steph Houghton saw saved on 82 minutes in a thrilling match that didn’t disappoint.
England now go into the third-place play-off this Saturday where they will face the loser of the Netherlands or Sweden semi-final.
Former City winger Nikita Parris tweeted: “Gutted is an understatement. We gave everything but it wasn’t to be. Small margins make the difference and unfortunately they cost us on the night. I can’t express enough how amazing all your support has been, it really does mean a lot...thank you.”
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