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A
seventh consecutive Nordic Cup for the USA as they defeat Norway
USA
4 Norway 1
2005 Nordic Cup Championship Game
Karlskoga, Sweden
July 26, 2005
Attendance: 980
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| Scoring
USA .......Cheney (Chalupny) 15th. minute.
USA .......O’Reilly (Lloyd) 49th.
USA .......Lloyd ( Cheney) 65th.
USA ......Chalupny (unassisted)73rd.
Norway Wiik (unassisted) 85th.
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USA:
1
Barnhart, Nicole (1-Erika Bohn, 82);
4 Fletcher, Kendall
21 Buehler, Rachel
19 Oakes, Jill
11 Lopez, Stephanie
22 Buczkowski, Jen
10 Lloyd, Carli (8- Huffman, Sarah, 75)
6- Chalupny, Lori (2- Makoski, Manya, 80)
5- Tarpley, Lindsay (12- Rodriguez, Amy, 82)
9 O’Reilly, Heather
7 Cheney, Lauren (13- Rapinoe, Megan, 69)
Substitutes
not used
3Castelanelli, Mary
15 Maxwell, Jessica
Head
coach: Jillian Ellis
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Norway
1- Nilsen,
Christine (12- Skarbo, Erika, 84)
14- Woods, Lisa Marie
4- Hansen, Hilde
3- Vikestad, Runa
2- Morkved, Ann
17- Knutsen, Guro
8- Giske, Janneli
7- Storlokken, Lene
6- Abdullah, Nasra (5- Stange, Janne, 85)
11- Andersen, Solfrid
10- Heimlund, Tone (9- Wiik, Lindy, 54)
Caution
Stange,87th.
Substitutes
not used
13. Åseng, Camilla
15. Pedersen, June
16. Mykjåland, Lene
18. Forseth, Gunilla
Head
coach: Per Borgland
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| Officials
Referee Kirsi Sazolainen (Finland)
Asst.
Refs.
Helen
Hakansson (Sweden)
Lena Ahlstron (Sweden)
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| Statistical |
USA |
Norway |
| Shotson
goal |
8 |
5 |
| Saves |
4 |
4 |
| Corner
Kicks |
1 |
2 |
| Fouls |
8 |
5 |
| Offside |
1 |
0 |
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Some post match quotes (courtesy
of U.S. Soccer)
U.S. Under-21 National Team
Head Coach Jillian Ellis (her
second Nordic Cup as coach)
Overall, it was a great finish
to what has been a six-month journey and I told the team we needed to
end it by getting the hardware.
Lindsay Tarpley was a fantastic leader for us. She played anywhere I asked
her to play, motivated the team and led by example. Chalupny and Heather
were great today as well, their flank play was special, but everyone contributed
and played very well. We got a lot of compliments from all the teams and
coaches here.
Norway played fairly direct, and our back line was challenged a lot. Our
shape was excellent and they won lots of balls in the air. Goalkeeper
Nicole Barnhart came up with couple of big saves, but overall our team
defense was great.
Going into the match, I thought it could be a 1-0 game. Everybody in our
group lost their placement games so I knew Norway was legitimate. In the
first 25 minutes we played very well and we executed extremely well, as
our back line dropped early and we were very condensed. We really needed
to get around the outside, and that’s how we scored the first goal.
The game was pretty stretched, so we were pretty tired at halftime. I
told the team to take the game in 15 minute increments, and just focus
on winning the first one. The second goal took the steam out of Norway
a bit and then it was a matter of possession for us. It was an impressive
win.
Lauren Cheney
The tournament was just a lot of fun. Sweden is beautiful and the
town we stayed in was very cute. Soccer-wise, the atmosphere was just
great. To be able to play with Carli, Tarp and Heather, all these awesome
players, was just so fun. As the youngest player on the team, it’s
been neat how they carried me along and helped me out. They were always
talking to me an encouraging me and letting me know what I can do better.
I felt it was a really good game. It was a tough battle and technically
they were very good. They were in the game, we just really executed our
game plan and did a lot of things well.
Heather O’Reilly
The cohesiveness of this team was really good. After the big win against
Germany (in the final group match) we didn’t let down and we knew
we had to finish it off. I felt that we had each other’s backs in
this tournament. The success is a testament to the hard work by the players
and staff.
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