Four minutes later there was a chance for the Ferns to bring it level. A great Meikayla Moore cross flashed across the box but was just out of reach for Hannah Wilkinson and Katie Bowen, keeping it 1-0 at the break. Soon after halftime the Ferns had the ball in the net but Paige Satchell's goal was flagged offside.
Norway doubled their lead in the 90th minute when a loose ball from a Norway corner fell to defender Guro Bergsvand who volleyed home.
Post-game Ferns head coach Jitka Klimková searched for the positives.
"We had a perfect performance from Vic Esson again, who kept us in the game," said Klimkova. "We had Kate Taylor make her debut. It's a really bright future. If I look at how she performed against such a strong opposition and won many, many one v one battles…
"…Another one with Liz Anton who played the whole game. Never started before, ever and all of a sudden she finished the game. We had Annalie Longo who is back and performed really well and helped us to keep the ball better. So there are a lot of positives from this game."
