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1999 NORDIC CUP STANDINGS
Group 1
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Norway 3 0 0 9 12 1
Sweden 2 1 0 6 5 3
Australia 0 3 0 0 3 9
Iceland 1 2 0 3 2 9
Group 2
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Denmark 1 2 0 3 4 6
USA 3 0 0 9 7 0
Finland 1 1 1 4 4 4
Germany 0 2 1 1 3 8

NORDIC CUP '99 GAME STATISTICS

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Placement Games
August 8 Teams Local ET Time
7th Place Australia vs. Germany 10:30 a.m. 5:30 a.m.
5th Place Iceland vs. Denmark 10:30 a.m. 5:30 a.m.
3rd Place Finland vs. Sweden 12:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.
1st Place USA vs. Norway 3:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.


U.S. U-21 - 2 -- Norway U-21 - 1
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
August 8, 1999
Attendance: 300
Weather: 66 degrees F -- Sunny
SCORING
Norway -- Bjorkestrand 75th minute.
USA -- Streiffer (Cramer) 85.
USA -- Orlandos (French) 96.

Scoring Summary
  1st 2nd OT Final
USA 0 1 1 2
NOR 0 1 0 1

USA
18 Mullinix
3 Fair
11 French (Capt.)
8 Orlandos
15 Slaton
7 Wagner
6 Grubb ( Kamholz, '74)
12 Streiffer
10 Cramer
4 Florance
5 McDonald (17 Bush, '36)

Head Coach: Lauren Gregg

Norway
1 Johannessen, Astrid
5 Setsaas,Trine
3 Bekkevold,Kristin
4 Paulsen, Ane Bugge
2 Berg-Hansen, Cecile
10 Pedersen, Heidi
11 Rapp, Anita
8 Skarn, Ann Mari
6 Lie, Kristin
9 Fosse Saetre, Ingrid Camila (16 Nybo, Annette S.)
17 Moseby, Elene (14 Bjorkestrand, Randi)

Misconduct Summary
Norway -- 11-Rapp (caution)

OFFICIALS:
Referee: Anri Hanninen (Finland)
Asst. Referee: Eyjolfur Finnsson (Iceland)
Asst. Referee: Gunnar Gylfason (Iceland)

USA - Denmark

The match was hard fought with end-to-end play producing chances for both teams. Norway drew first blood in the 75th minute when a cross from the left side bounced around in front of the net and substitute Bjorkestrand shot from five yards out. U.S. goalkeeper Mullinix was able to get a hand on the ball but could not keep it out of the net.

It was the first goal allowed by the USA in the tournament, but they rallied to equalize just five minutes from the end of regulation. Norway tried to clear a cross by Cramer but Streiffer got her head on the poor clearance and put it in for her third goal of the tournament. Regulation time ended at1-1, but six minutes later French put a short to Bush who returned it. French tcrossed into a group of players in the penalty box and Orlando knocked in "the golden goal."

Quotes

Head Coach Lauren Gregg
"Our objectives were met, which is always very satisfying because they are so high," said U.S. Head Coach Lauren Gregg. "There are many players who have developed in this program who will be part of our full national team for the years to come. And they have learned what it means to be part of this program, to be champions. I'm extremely proud of this team. Jen Streiffer and Aly Wagner did a great job holding the ball for us," added Gregg. "It is difficult to get a rhythm against the Norwegians. Those two were instrumental in our win. But the defense of French, Slaton, Orlandos, Fair and Mullinix again had an outstanding game. Norway was very dangerous and we held them to our lone goal for the tournament."

Orlando
"It was an awesome moment and the end of a great experience, especially because I am one of the younger players." said Orlandos, who will be a freshman at Portland this fall. "We have so many great players that contributed to winning this tournament and I'm still a little shocked that I got the golden goal."

Other
The Nordic Cup triumph completed an unprecedented "triple" for the U.S. Women's National Teams program. The full national team is coming off the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup victory while the Under-18 National Team won the Pan Am Games gold medal last week with a 1-0 victory over Mexico.


In the other placement games, Sweden had a fine day, picking up the bronze medal with a 1-0 victory over Finland to add to its Under-18 European Championship also won today. Denmark beat Iceland, 4-3, for 5th place and Germany hammered Australia 4-0 for 7th place. Placement Games
August 8 Teams
1st Place USA 2, Norway 1 (OT)
3rd Place Sweden 1, Finland 0
5th Place Denmark 4, Iceland 3
7th Place Germany 4, Australia 0


Battling Australians fall to Germany
By Janene Mar

7Th Place play-off-Germany 4 (Havva Kulta 46 and 67, Madleen Wilder 54, Tanja Vreden 90)
Australia 0

A battling effort by Australia proved insufficient as they lost 4-0 to Germany in the 7th place playoff game.

Australia fought hard and survived the first half which was dominated territorally by Germany. The crossbar, the post, and some good saves by Australian keeper Cassandra Kell kept the match scoreless at half-time. The Australians played effectively in patches and looked likely to hold their own going into the break.

But an unsettled Australia was immediately punished at the restart, Germany taking the lead 45 seconds into the half through Havva KultaŐs successful shot at the near post. Eight minutes later Madleen Wilder struck from wide on the left, finding the far corner of the net to double GermanyŐs advantage. Australia fell three goals behind in the 67th minute, Kulta scoring her second with a drive that slipped under the body of goalkeeper Kell. To their credit , the Australians never gave up and put in a brave effort throughout the match against a more experienced and sometimes physical Germany.

Australia was forced to contest the last twelve minutes with ten noticeably tiring players after a crunching tackle on defender Tracie McGovern saw her assisted from the field. Three substitutions had already been made and no-one fit enough remained on the bench as her replacement. The numerical diadvantage eventually took its toll and GermanyŐs Tanja Vreden headed home their fourth goal in the last minute of regular time.

"The girls can hold their heads high after this tournament and, even though we didnŐt get the results, the experience gained has been far more important," said National Youth Coach Chris Tanzey.

Australia U-21: Kell, McGovern, McShea, Morris, Cavanagh (Bond 74), Revell, Hepperlin, Small, Ruotolo, Thomas (Halfpenny 54),Channing (~Carney42)


Australia unlucky against Nordic Cup Champions Norway
By Janene Mar

Norway 3: (Ingrid Saetre 37, Anita Rapp 68, Kristin Lie 85)
Australia 1: (Danielle Small 8)

Underdogs Australia deserved better than their 3-1 loss to Norway.

The young and inexperienced Australians, given no choice by any of the other teams, shocked Norway by taking the early lead. Australia put in their best performance to date, combining in fantastic fashion to take the game to Norway for the duration. Australia's concentration remained on playing a short-passing, technical game, in contrast to Norway's traditional long-ball style.

After just eight mlnutes' Australian captain Kim Revell played a short corner to Jessica Halfpenny. Receiving the ball back, Revell provided the perfect cross for Danielle Small to head home strongly.

The favourites equalised eight minutes before the break, a brief lapse in concentration from the Australians allowed Norway to play three crisp balls with Ingrid Saetre converting the cross from the right.

Miidway through the second half, Norway claimed the 2-1 lead, an innocent looking cross deflected into goal by Anita Rapp. Norway closed the door on any hopes of an Australian leveller with a third goal five minutes from the final whistle. From 20 metres on the right, Kristin Lie turned and smacked the ball past stranded keeper Joanne Buland.

Neither side had dominated chances on goal but the referee's display did not help Australia's cause. Second half substitute Michelle Carney was through on goal before being sandwiched by two defenders, but play was waved on.

Best today for Australia were Kate McShea, Small, Tracie McGovern, Louisa Bisby, and Megan Bond.

"I'm really proud of today's performance - the intensity was there," said Assistant National Coach and National Youth Coach Chris Tanzey. '`l just feel so sorry for the girls - they deserved at least a draw. Again there were some great individual performances.

"Australia was the better team," he added. 'But the refereeing was appalling. A lot of things off the ball were not picked up."

Australia U-21 Butland, McShea, McGovern, Bisby, Small, Leake (Cavanagh 46) Revell (capt), Hepperlin, Bond, Halfpenny (Carney 65), Channing(Thomas 70).

Australia will now play off for 7th place against Germany who also finished fourth in their group. A second yellow card for the tournament to Australian defender Lisa Bisby rules her out for the match.


U.S. U-21 3 - Denmark U-21 0
Location: Fjolins, Iceland
August 6, 1999
Attendance: 125
Weather: 66 degrees F -- Sunny
SCORING
USA -- USA --McDonald (Slaton) 44th minute.
USA -- Streiffer (Unassisted) 62.
USA -- Bush (Aly Wagner) 85.
USA
18 Mullinix (1 Beene, 46th)
3 Fair
11 French (Capt.)
8 Orlandos
15 Slaton
7 Wagner
6 Grubb
12 Streiffer (16-Kamholz, 77th)
2 Zepeda (10 Cramer, 30th)
4 Florance (17 Bush, 77th)
5 McDonald (9 James, 62nd)

Head Coach: Lauren Gregg

Denmark
1 Cederkvist, Tina
10 Sorensen, Catherine P. (13 Madsen, Janne)
2 Nielsen,Anne S.
7 Moller,Mitzi
5 Jorgensen, Sandra
17 Dalum, Dorte Jensen
9 Lyng, Tini
8 Moller, Anja
12 Kjaeldgaard,Nadja
15 Jokumsen, Mette
14 Nissen, Linda
OFFICIALS:
Referee: Marie-Louise Svanstrom (Sweden)
Asst. Referee: Erlendur Eiriksson (Iceland)
Asst. Referee: Oddbergur Eiriksson (Iceland)

USA - Finland

Game
Slaton hit a driven free kick from just outside the penalty box on the left side. It was dummied by Orlandosand skimmed across to McDonald, who slotted into the right corner from five yards out. The USA got its second goal in the 62nd minute from Streiffer who jumped to head a rebound off the back of a Danish defender from three yards into the upper left corner.

Bush, who suffered a strained MCL in her right knee during pre-Nordic Cup training camp, saw her first action of the tournament when she replaced Florance in the 77th minute and almost immediately made an impact. In the 85th minute Wagner lobbed a cross from the left wing that Danish goalkeeper Cederkvist misjudged, Bush ran on to the bouncing ball . She let the hanging cross bounce under her to Bush, who ran onto the ball and put into an open goal.

Quotes

Head Coach Lauren Gregg
"It was a great team win," said U.S. Head Coach Lauren Gregg. "Our team is evolving every time we step on the field and is committed to being the best. Once again, we had significant contribution from all the players, including the subs. This team effort has been a consistent theme and critical to our success. My objectives with this team are to win the tournament, establish a winning tradition at all levels and develop players for the full national team while instilling the necessary training habits in our next National Team players," added Gregg. "I couldn't be more pleased with the investment by this group of young women to all of these goals."

Streiffer
"It's nice that the pressure of the first round is off of us," said Streiffer. "Now we only have one game to focus on. Norway is always a challenge that we look forward to and we're glad to have the opportunity to reclaim the championship from the team we lost to last year."

Other
The USA advances to the championship game of the world's top competition for Under-21 women for the third straight year, and will face arch-rival Norway for the third year in a row. In 1997, the Americans defeated Norway for the title, winning 1-0 in sudden death overtime on a 100th minute goal by Streiffer. Last year, Norway took revenge, wining 2- 1 in regulation.


Australia U21
Kell (Butland 46)
McGovern (Morris 60)
Leake (Ruotolo 67)
Bisby
Cavanagh
McShea
Small (Bond 34)
Revell [capt]
Hepperlin
Halfpenny (Thomas 67)
Carney
Australia downed by hosts Iceland in U-21 Nordic Cup
By Janene Mar

A competitive Australia lost 2-1 in a disappointing result to host nation Iceland this morning (Aust. time) in the second match of the U-21 Nordic Cup in Reykjavik.

Australia created some good opportunities on goal throughout the match including a Louisa Bisby freekick which hit the crossbar in the first ten minutes, but were unable to score until the dying minutes.

Australia's early attacking rhythm seemed to be lost once a hip injury to midfielder Danielle Small midway through the first half forced her off the field for eight minutes' treatment then substitution. The error count then increased as the strong Iceland closed down the Australians in possession.

Following a scoreless first half, Australia came close in the first minute after the restart, Jessica Halfpenny's strike flying just wide of the target.

The home side then snatched the lead in the 57th minute, a missed tackle allowing the cross to come in to Rakel Logadottir who made no mistake from 12 metres in front.

An inviting Australian cross went through the keeper's legs amongst a crowded box, but still failed to result in a goal. Iceland then doubled their lead in the 76th minute, another defensive error giving Heidi Sigurbergsdottir the successful shot on goal.

Australia got on the scoreboard with a minute remaining, Kim Revell (Qld) capping a fine captain's performance with a fantastic strike from an acute angle wide on the right which flew in at the far post.

Other best Australian performances came from midfielder Kate McShea (Qld) and strikers Michelle Carney (NSW) and Jessica Halfpenny (SA).

"Under the circumstances, being two years younger and limited preparation, the girls are doing everything asked of them," said Assistant National Coach and National Youth Coach Chris Tanzey. "We are physically not prepared for this level of football. Despite this we played some excellent football for long periods but were outmuscled in both penalty boxes. It is as good as we can expect and I was heartened by some excellent individual performances."


USA 3 - Germany 0
Location: Borgarnes, Iceland
August 4, 1999
Attendance: 85
Weather: 76 degrees F -- Sunny
SCORING
USA -Wagner (French) 13th minute
USA -Wagner (Streiffer) 62.
USA --French (Penalty Kick) 72
USA
18 Mullinix,
3 Fair (16 Kamholz 73rd)
11 French (Capt.)
8 Orlandos
15 Slaton
7 Wagner, Aly
6 Grubb,
12 Streiffer
2 Zepeda (10 Cramer 46th)
4 Florance (9 James, 79th)
5 McDonald (14 Keller, 52nd)

Head Coach: Lauren Gregg

Germany
1 Angerer, Nadine
15 Fuss,Sonja
6 Gottschlich, Stefanie
4 Wunderlich, Tina
2 Gotte, Janette
9 Pohlers, Conny (13 Kulta, Havva)
10 Muller,Nicole
3 Hingst, Ariane
8 Wilder,Madleen
11 Vreden, Tanja (14 Roth, Carmen)
7 Lindner, Katharina

Misconduct:
USA -- Grubb (caution) 66th.
GER -- Kulta (caution) 72.
USA -- Orlandos (caution) 75.

OFFICIALS:
Referee: Tonje Overgaard (Norway)
Lineswoman: Marino Porsteinsson (Iceland)
Lineswoman: Pordur Ingi Guojnsson (Iceland)
USA 1 - Finland 0
Location: Stjorn, Iceland
August 2, 1999
Attendance: 100
Weather: 72 degrees F -- Sunny turned foggy
SCORING
USA - 12 Streiffer (Unassisted) 22nd minute
USA
1 Beene, Lakeysia
3 Fair, Ronnie
11 French, Michelle (Capt.)
8 Orlandos, Lauren
15 Slaton, Danielle
7 Wagner, Aly
6 Grubb, Jen (10 Cramer, Aleisher 46)
12 Streiffer, Jenny
2 Zepeda, Veronica (14 Keller, Beth 57)
4 Florance, Meredith
5 McDonald, Raven (9 James, Venus 69)

Head Coach: Lauren Gregg

Finland
12 Levosalo, Johanna
3 Julin, Jessica
5 Thorn, Jessica
2 Vaelma, Petra
16 Ylitalo, Sani
14 Ranta, Salla (15 Lind, Maria 83)
11 Simonen, Elisa (8 Uusmalmi, Julia 71)
13 Tuominen, Minna
7 Laine,Hanna
10 Heikari, Susanna (17 Rantala, Hilla 68)
9 Kalmari, Laura

Misconduct:
Finland - 13-Tuominen (Caution) 47th minute

OFFICIALS:
Referee: Silke Janssen (Germany)
Linesman: Kari Gunnlaugsson (Iceland)
Linesman: Johann Gunnarsson (Iceland)

USA - Finland

Game
Streiffer's left to right 20-yard strike in the 22nd minute struck the net just inside the right post. The goal was all the USA would need as the American defense limited Finland to just three shots. Streiffer is playing in her third consecutive Nordic Cup. It was Strieffer's goal in sudden death overtime against Norway in Denmark two summer's ago that won the Nordic Cup for the USA, 1-0.

Comment
"We were pleased with the result," said U.S. Head Coach Lauren Gregg, "Finland's low pressure and condensed defense can be frustrating to play against, but our players stayed focused, got a goal and got the job done. Our central midfield of Aly Wagner and Jen Streiffer really helped control the pace of the game and kept a rhythm for us against their direct style," added Gregg. "Meredith Florance was a tremendous asset in the game. Her mobility really stretched their defense. Next opponent Germany will be the most experienced team in the Nordic Cup with six players from their 1999 Women's World Team," said Gregg. "We'll need to be organized defensively, prepared for the pace and keep doing what we are doing well. The key for the USA will be in dictating how the game is played."

Other
The USA was without star forward Susan Bush (North Carolina/Houston, Tex.) who strained the MCL in her right knee during a scrimmage in the USA's pre-Nordic Cup training camp in Pennsylvania. She will probably miss the USA's next match against Germany on Wed., Aug. 4, but is expected back in the lineup against Denmark on Aug. 6.

The U.S. defense, anchored by captain Michelle French (University of Portland/Kent, Wash.) and Danielle Slaton (Santa Clara/San Jose, Calif.) shut down the Finnish attack allowing them little opportunity to equalize. Goalkeeper Lakeysia Beene made two saves to earn the shutout. The match also featured Nordic Cup debuts from 18-year old Lauren Orlandos ,17-year old Veronica Zepeda, and 17-year old Aleisha Cramer.Standings


Sweden too experienced for Australia in
U-21 Nordic Cup opener.

By Janene Mar

Experience proved the difference as Australia lost 4-1 to Sweden in their opening match of the U-21 Nordic Cup. Autralia's captain and most experienced player Kim Revell was ruled out on the morning of the match through illness, her absence a major blow to their game plan.

Lapses in concentration at key times in the match proved costly to the Australians, with three goals conceded a minute before or after the breaks. Otherwise overall, Australia put on an encouraging performance.

Australia was caught out in the very first minute of play, Sara Larsson successful with her shot to give Sweden the early lead. Australia soon settled to combine well through the backs and midfield.

A defensive lapse by Australia in the 36th minute allowed the Swedes to cut the ball back inside for Sara Thunebro to drive past the keeper to double their lead.

A minute into the second half, a Swedish shot from the right ran along the crossbar and was allowed to fall into the path of Jenny Monsen who slotted the ball home for a three goal advantage.

Australia responded seven minutes later following a positive run up the right by defender Tracie McGovern. Her throw-in was then cut inside by Alicia Cavanagh for striker Natalie Thomas to convert the chance for a 3-1 scoreline. Australia then finally relented to a wave of pressure from the Swedish attack, conceding a fourth goal in the very last minute to Christin Lilja.

"Our side is giving away 2-4 years in age and the level of international experience of the Swedes is incomparable," said National Youth Coach Chris Tanzey. "It certainly hurt us losing our most experienced player Kim Revell who could have offset some of our disadvantage. We conceded three goals in the 1st, 46th, and 90th minutes due to lack of experience and loss of concentration."

"In general, the players can be very proud of their performance, particularly in the second half," added Tanzey. "We showed we have the ability to match it with any team here -- all we need is the experience. Give us another twelve months, and we would have beat this team comfortably."

Australia U-21

  • Butland
  • McGovern (capt)
  • Leake
  • Bisby
  • Cavanagh (Morris 67)
  • Small
  • Hepperlin
  • McShea
  • Bond
  • Thomas (Channing 77)
  • Carney (Halfpenny 67)


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