Interim coach Tom Sermanni hopes an honest players-only meeting after a thumping loss to Japan can help the Matildas regroup and deliver a far sterner showing against Olympic champions the United States.
The Matildas were left reeling from a 4-0 defeat at the hands of world No.8 Japan on Friday, when Sermanni lamented "un-Australian" defending in what he considered a wake-up call ahead of next year's Asian Cup.
Ahead of their game at State Farm Stadium in Arizona on Tuesday (AEDT), Sermanni indicated the players had picked themselves up and moved on.