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USA shuts out Canada

USA 2 Canada 0
Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Virginia Beach, Virginia
July 26, 2005
Heavy continous rain, 74°F

Scoring
USA Chalupny, 14th. minute
USA Welsh (Wambach) 37th.

USA
18. Solo, Hope
4.Reddick, Cat
6. Chalupny, Lori
7. Boxx, Shannon (8. Miller, Marci, 90)
9. O’Reilly, Heather (11. Hucles, Angela, 61)
10. Wagner, Aly (3. Fair, Lorrie, 90)
13.Lilly, Kristine
14. LePeilbet, Amy
15. Markgraf, Kate
19. Welsh, Christie (16. Milbrett, Tiffeny, 46)
20. Wambach, Abby (22, Fotopoulos, Danielle,46)

Substitutes not used
24. Luckenbill, Kristin-GK
2. Mitts, Heather

Head Coach Greg Ryan

 

Canada
1. LeBlanc, Karina
3.Schmidt, Sophie
9.Chapman, Candace
8. Matheson, Diana (6.Tancredi, Melissa, 82)
11.Hermus, Randee
12.Sinclair, Christine
13. Walsh, Amy
14.Cicchini, Amanda
15.Lang, Kara
16. Thorlakson, Katie (10. Hooper, Charmaine, 68)
17.Timko, Brittany (2. Latham, Christine, 46)

Caution Hermus, 45th.

Substitutes not used
4. Andrews, Sasha
7. Morneau, Isabelle
5. Neil, Andrea
20. Swiatek, Taryn -GK

Head Coach Even Pellerud

 

 

 

Officials
Referee Rachel Woo (USA)
Asst. Refs.
Kim Oberly (USA)
Brenda Wright (USA)
4th.Official
Sandra Serafini (USA)

 

 

Statistical USA Canada
Shots 10 3
Saves 3 10
Corner Kicks 7 2
Fouls    
Offside 3 1

Match report
The heavy driving rain that persisted through out the match made it difficult for both sides to control the ball consistently, but in the first half the U.S. managed to acquire an attractive and skilled rhythm to their game that made the Canadians look inept and unorganized.
The U.S. second goal was a beautifully executed short passing operation with several players involved that left the Canadian defense wide open.
Canada started the second half more aggressively and had some chances. Milbrett came into the game in the second half, and she and Lilly showed us how they are in a class of their own in their playing and understanding of the game . Their superiority over the Canadian players shone out.
Both of them created chances for their players and two passes by Milbrett should have been goals but Wambach had been substituted. Her replacement is the same size as her, but lacking her ball skills was unable to finish.