USA: 1-Briana Scurry; 14-Stephanie Cox, 3-Christie Rampone – Capt., 26-Ali Krieger, 6-Tobin Heath; 7-Shannon Boxx (10-Angie Woznuk, 46), 11-Carli Lloyd (12-Leslie Osborne, 74), 5-Lindsay Tarpley, 9-Heather O’Reilly (17-Lori Chalupny, 72); 19-Amy Rodriguez (25-Tina DiMartino, 63), 20-Abby Wambach (8-Lauren Cheney, 46)
FIN: 1-Tina-Riika Korpela; 14-Tuija Hyyrynen, 3-Jessica Julin (13-Anna Westerlund, 76), 4-Sanna Valkonen, 2-Petra Vaelma; 5-Tiina Salmén – Capt., 7-Essi Sainio, 8-Leena Puranen (20-Katri Nokso-Koivisto, 76), 10-Anna-Kaisa Rantanen (18-Annica Sjölund, 83), 19-Heidi Lindström; 9-Sanna Tolonen (11-Linda Sällström, 46).
Sierra Mist Woman of the Match: Lindsay Tarpley
Attendance: 500
Venue: Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Stadium; Guangzhou, China
USA Women’s Team Wins Again in China
At the 2008 Four Nations Tournament in China, the USA Women’s Team played their second match against Finland. It appears that the USA is on to something. It also appears that the USA Women’s Team has rejuvenated from a new leadership and its first victory over Canada.
Lindsey Tarpley appeared to have been helped in the first half by Abby Wambach when she passed the ball to Tarpley to score two points in the first half.
Even though [in the second half] Finland almost scared the USA by scoring one goal and almost equalizing, the USA was able to take advantage of the situation and surprise Finland with two more goals by Lauren Cheney and Angie Woznuk.
The USA Women’s Team played a great game but they have to refine more the techniques so as to prevent other teams from taking advantage of any open weak spots.
Finland played a great game even though they lost. They needed at least a win after losing to China but they were unable to equalize because of an inability to capitalize on any weakness on the part of the US Team.
At the present time, the USA is in First Place in the 2008 Four Nations Tournament with seven points. Everything depends on the game between the USA and China.
USA 4-1 Finland
USA: 7/10
Finland: 3/10
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