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U23 Women Beat Swiss
Win Nordic Cup Opener, 1-0
June 16, 2008
SWEDEN – The U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team defeated Switzerland, 1-0, in the opening match of the 2008 Nordic Cup Tuesday.
The U.S. outshot the Swiss, 14-6, but didn’t find the back of the net until Brittany Klein struck six minutes into the second half. The goal came off a throw-in that forward India Trotter took the right end line. She crossed the ball back to midfielder Tina DiMartino at the top right side of the penalty area. Faced with two defenders, DiMartino found Klein on her left and she bent the ball around the ‘keeper into the lower right corner.
"At times, we settled the ball and created good chances,” said Klein, who scored her first international goal for the U-23s. “We just have to be able to finish those chances we get. There are some things we really need to work on for our next game to move forward in the tournament, but we made big improvements from the first half to the second half."
The USA almost changed the game just three minutes in as Trotter slammed a shot off the post. Switzerland’s Maeva Sarrasin had the best chance of the game for her country as she broke through the U.S. defense and shot around U.S. goalkeeper Val Henderson, but the ball was cleared off the line by a hustling Katherine Reynolds.
"We played good football,” said U.S. head coach Bill Irwin. “In the first half, we were out-hustled and out-muscled, but we changed it up in the second half and we finally scored on one of our many chances. The win is a good start to the tournament, but we have a few things to work on to prepare for England on Thursday."
U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team Match Report
Scoring Summary:
USA – Brittany Klein (Tina DiMartino) 51st minute.
Lineups:
USA: 1-Valerie Henderson; 2 Marissa Abegg (11-Meghan Schnur, 62), 15-Becky Sauerbrunn, 4-Nikki Krzysik, 7-Katherine Reynolds; 10-Yael Averbuch, 13-Tina DiMartino, 9-Brittany Klein, 5-Kiki Bosio (16-Katie Larkin, 70); 8-India Trotter (17-Katie Frierson, 85), 3-Ella Masar (14-Kerri Hanks, 55).
SUI: 1-Marisa Brunner; 2-Gaelle Thallman (4-Rahel Graf, 74), 15-Isabelle Meyer, 5-Nora Hauptle, 13-Vanessa Burki, 6-Marina Keller (3-Caroline Abbe, 62), 14-Lara Dickermann (8-Prisca Steinegger, 62), 10-Noemie Beney, 19-Ramona Bachman, 20-Maeva Sarrasin, 7-Franziska Scharer (16-Marina Moser, 82).
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