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Five
goals by Wambach in Ireland exhibition game
USA
5 Ireland 0
October
23, 2004
Reliant
Stadium; Houston, Texas
Attendance:
16,991
Indoor
game 72 F
Chevrolet
Player of the Game: Abby Wambach
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Scoring
USA -
Wambach (Hamm) 47th minute.
USA -
Wambach (Hamm) 76th
USA -
Wambach (Hamm) 79th
USA -
Wambach (Unassisted) 84th
USA -
Wambach (Hamm) 90th
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USA
1-
Scurry, Briana (18- Luckenbill, Kristin, 46)
2-
Mitts, Heather
4-
Reddick, Cat (15- Markgraf, Kate 46)
6-
Chastain, Brandi
3-Rampone,
Christie
11-
Foudy, Julie - Captain (8- Hucles, Angela, 62)
7-
Boxx, Shannon
13-
Lilly, Kristine
12-
Parlow, Cindy (10- Wagner, Aly, 46)
9-
Hamm, Mia
16-
Wambach , Abby.
Substitutes
not used
14-
Fawcett, Joy
Head
Coach April Heinrichs
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Ireland
1-Peters,
Sarah
2-
Gibbons, Ronnie
3-
Boyle, Sharon
4-
Deasley, Dolores
5-
Tracy, Yvonne (15- Richards, Kariena ,76)
6-
O'Conner, Elaine
13-
Taylor, Katie
8-
O'Brien, Michelle
12-
Kierans, Grainne (0- Walsh, Michelle, 90)
17-
Scanlan, Claire
11-
O'Toole, Olivia
Substitutes
not used
14-
O'Driscoll, Kacey
16-
Kett, Jennifer
Head
Coach Noel King.
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Officials
Referee Kari
Seitz (USA)
Asst.Refs.
Jeff
Kattawar (USA)
Paul
Hooks (USA)
Fourth
Official Shelly Landry (USA)
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| Statistical |
USA |
Ireland |
| Shots
on goal |
15 |
1 |
| Saves |
1 |
10 |
| Corner
Kicks |
10 |
0 |
| Fouls |
4 |
5 |
| Offside |
2 |
0 |
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Game
Another USA dominated exhibition game where their overmatched opponent
can only defend for so long, in this case the first half by a courageous
young Irish squad.
Post match quotes
Abby Wambach
All
game I was telling Hamm that we had to get her a goal, so it's ironic
that she kept giving me balls
that I had to finish. But
this is for the fans. We wanted to score some great goals and I think we gave
that to them tonight.
The
people who are retiring from this game are lifelong friends, and
obviously Mia has been an instrumental part of my career. I
don't know what is going to happen when she retires, but she is leaving
the team in good hands and we're going to take
care of this thing.
Mia
Hamm
It
was so nice to be able to come back to Texas. I
had a lot of my friends and family here and the crowd was unbelievable.
This tour has been an opportunity to say thank you for 17 very special
years. To see the sport continue to grow and know you've been a part
of it is a great feeling, but if the fans didn't come out and support
us, we wouldn't get the recognition and funding we need to continue
to get better. It's so great to see all these young girls in the
stands, getting excited and wanting to be out here representing their
country one day.
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