ALEX SCOTT has worn the “orangest of orange dresses” today for the Netherlands vs USA World Cup match.
Fans loved the coincidence and the 38-year-old seemed delighted with the 2-0 half-time score.
Scott has 140 appearances for England women – who have a fierce rivalry with the US side.
The Three Lions have just about forgiven Alex Morgan for her tea-sipping celebration when she dumped them out of the semis at the 2019 World Cup.
But today Scott admitted: “I didn’t mean to wear an orange dress today, I came in neutral!”
The orange dress even had white collar and cuffs, reminiscent of a traditional Dutch national team kit.
One fan on social media asked: “Why has Alex Scott decided to wear orange at the Netherlands USA game?”
Another added: “Thanks for wearing an orange dress for our Dutch game, Alex!
“Greetings from Holland”
And one joked: “BBC are your pundits expected to be neutral in their dress code?
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“If so, Alex Scott didn’t get the memo before putting on the orangest of orange dresses.
Netehrlands were firmly in command of the last-16 clash with USA.
Memphis Depay opened the scoring, sweeping home after a fine passing move.
And Daley Blind made it two just before half-time in what looked like a carbon copy of the first goal.
