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April 14, 2002

U.S. Under-19 Nationals blank Canada under-19 Nationals

U.S. U-19 National Team 3 Canada U-19 National Team 0

Sunrise Hilton Hotel - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
April 14, 2002 -
Attendance:125 Light showers, humid - 80F

Scoring

USA - O'Reilly (Kelly Wilson) 17
USA - Kakadelas (Unassisted) 62
USA - Kakadelas (Lindsey Tarpley) 76

USA -
Harris, Ashlyn
Ballweg, Jessica
Oakes, Jill
Fletcher, Kendall (Steadman,Amy 46)
Osborne,Leslie
Schefter, Annie (Buehler, Rachel 57)
Chalupny, Lori
Makoski , Manya (Huffman, Sarah 20)
Wilson, Kelly (Kakadelas,Megan 52)
Tarpley, Lindsey
O'Reilly, Heather

CAN - N/A.

Statistical Summary: USA CAN
ShotsŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ. 14 4
Shots on GoalŠŠŠŠ... 7 3
SavesŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ 3 4
Corner KicksŠŠŠŠŠ 7 2
FoulsŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ. 4 7
OffsideŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ.. 2 0

Misconduct Summary:
CAN -- #10 (caution) 72.
USA - Alison Graham (caution) 90.

Game

Two goals from Megan Kakadelas (Carlsbad, Calif./USC) and one from Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J./PDA Splash) gave the U.S. victory over the Canadian Under-19 National team today in the last match before the team participates in CONCACAF Qualifying for the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship. U.S. goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla./Seminole Ice) picked up her second straight shutout, making three saves.

Canada played without its star striker Christine Sinclair, who also stars for the University of Portland and the senior Canadian National Team, but still pushed the USA with some aggressive play and hard tackling.

Post game quote
U.S. U-19 National Team Head Coach Tracey Leone

We are really pleased with our team as Canada was motivated and prepared. It's a great accomplishment to get a shutout against a fine attacking team like Canada. We didn't allow a goal in either game and scored 15. We like those stats. It was a great last event to end on before heading to CONCACAF qualifiers.

Heather O'Reilly

The team is really feeling good right now and we are all getting even more focused now that the roster is close to being finalized, We came into this event so excited to play and you can feel the focus on this team right now. We can't wait to get to Tobago.

Megan Kakadelas

We feel good about our performance and it's good to have a solid result against a team that will be in the World Cup. If we qualify, Canada is a team that we could meet if we advance out of group play.