Americans Defeat South Korea

Three Different Goal Scorers Lead U.S.

November 2, 2008

RICHMOND, Va. � The U.S. women�s soccer team made it four wins in four games on the 2008 Achieve Your Gold Tour, defeating South Korea 3-1 on Saturday behind goals from Angela Hucles, Heather O�Reilly and Lindsay Tarpley.

�After about the 20th minute, we started to knock the ball around a little bit and today we scored three great goals,� said U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage. �I think the whole team did a pretty good job today and there is something very positive to be said about every player.�

Lindsay Tarpley scored one of the Americans' three goals. (CHRIS ADUAMA/aduama.com)

Hucles, the University of Virginia alum playing in familiar territory, scored the first goal of the match in the 26th minute when she finished a great attacking build. After receiving the ball deep in the right side, Natasha Kai dished the ball into the box for O�Reilly, who looked up and saw Hucles unmarked at the far post. The pass from O�Reilly skipped through to Hucles, who finished perfectly in front of her hometown fans.

�It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time,� said Hucles, who was named Sierra Mist Woman of the Match. �I don�t get as much opportunity to come back to Virginia as I�d like, so it�s great to be able to have my family here and be able to help the team get a win.�

In the 38th minute, Hucles started the play that lead to the second U.S. goal. A perfectly timed through ball into the left side of the penalty from the USA�s leading scorer at the Olympics found Kai, who played a hard cross to the back post where O�Reilly drilled it into the empty net.

The U.S. came out firing in the second half, as halftime substitute Aly Wagner sent a pass wide right to Tarpley about 28 yards from the endline and near the corner of the penalty area. Seeing the Korean goalkeeper off her line, Tarpley drilled a high shot that dipped over the goalkeeper�s head and just inside the far post to give the U.S. a 3-0 advantage.

South Korea got a goal back in the 71st minute, when the U.S. backline turned the ball over inside the penalty area. Hang Song I waited to draw second-half substitute goalkeeper Briana Scurry, off her line before softly slipping a shot inside the far post.

The U.S. continues its three-game series with South Korea on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m.

U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT

Scoring Summary:
USA � Angela Hucles (Heather O�Reilly) 26th minute
USA � Heather O�Reilly (Natasha Kai) 38th
USA � Lindsay Tarpley (Aly Wagner) 48th
KOR � Han Song I 71st

Lineups:
USA: 18-Nicole Barnhart (22-Briana Scurry, 46); 2-Heather Mitts (19-Marian Dalmy, 46), 3-Christie Rampone (capt.), 15-Kate Markgraf (4-Rachel Buehler, 63), 17-Lori Chalupny (14-Stephanie Cox, 63); 9-Heather O�Reilly, 7-Shannon Boxx, 11-Carli Lloyd (10-Aly Wagner, 46), 16-Angela Hucles; 5-Lindsay Tarpley, 6-Natasha Kai (20-Tina Ellertson, 46)

KOR: 18-Kim Jung Mi ; 3-Yi Ju Eun, 13-Kim Do Yeon (16-Shim Seo Yeon, 83), 4-Kim Yoo Mi, 24-Cho So Hyun (15-Hwang Boram, 81); 28-Kim Sooyun (14-Go Taehwa, 57), 8-Kwon Han Nul, 10-Lee Jang Mi, 22-Lee Eun Mi (9-Han Song I, 63); 19-Cha Yun Hee (25-Kim Yunji, 72), 11-Park Hee Young (6-Joen Ga Eul, 63)

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