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Jill Scott and Alex Scott challenge Hope Solo from a Karen Carney cross.
USA 3-0 England FTSaturday, 22 September 2007.
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England |
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Wambach 48, Boxx 57, Lilly 60 |
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| World Cup 2007, Quarter Final 1pm (BST), Saturday 22 September 2007 Tianjin Olympic Centre, Tianjin Watch it live on BBC One
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90+3 |
The referee signals the end of the game, and England's participation in the World Cup as America progress to the semis. |
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86' Abby Wambach comes off for Natasha Kai. |
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82' Carli Lloyd comes on in place of Shannon Boxx. |
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81' Mary Phillip is replaced by Lianne Sanderson. |
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78 |
Boxx fires in a stinging shot that Brown is forced to parry, but Anita Asante quickly mops up the chance and clears England's lines. |
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75 |
Kelly Smith takes the ball down the left flank but is again well marshalled by her marker Cat Whitehill. |
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70 |
Karen Carney shows great industry on the left flank, taking on Rampone and then exchanging passes with Kelly Smith before the ball goes out for a throw in. |
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69 |
Rachel Yankey does well down the right flank before cutting in on her left foot and striking at goal. The shot is deflected off Whitehill and drifts out for a corner |
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64 |
England win a free kick after Katie Chapman is fouled. From Karen Carney's cross Hope Solo spills the ball but Lopez is able to clear. |
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60 |
GOAL! Hope Solo fires a long range effort that deceives Rachel Brown and Kristine Lilly rounds it off with the final touch. |
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57 |
GOAL! Shannon Boxx wins the ball from Jill Scott on the edge of the area and fires a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal. |
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56 |
Alex Scott turns well on the left flank and delivers a deep cross towards Karen Carney, but Kate Markgraf gets there first and heads the ball clear. |
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53 |
Rachel Brown catches a deep cross from Stephanie Lopez superbly under pressure from American attackers on the penalty spot. |
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48 |
GOAL! Abby Wambach heads home from close range at the back post to give USA the lead. |
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46' Rachel Yankey comes on to replace Eniola Aluko |
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The second half is underway with England making one change from the team that ended the half. |
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45+1 |
Jenny Palmqvist calls time on the first period with both sides level at the interval. |
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43 |
Kristine Lilly goes close for America, driving infield the USA captain shoots from distance only for Rachel Brown to deny her with a fingertip save. |
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39 |
Faye White goes down injured having seemingly caught an unintentional elbow from Abby Wambach. |
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33 |
Abby Wambach wins a corner for USA as she forces Faye White to touch the ball before it goes over the line. Kelly Smith clears the ball. |
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31 |
Eniola Aluko wins a corner for England on the left flank with a pacy run at Kate Markgraf. Karen Carney's cross is headed wide by Kate Chapman however. |
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28 |
Faye White side-foots a deep American corner clear after the cross had evaded everyone at the near post. |
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26 |
Karen Carney hits a curling right-footed shot from distance to test Hope Solo. Kelly Smith had won the ball back and switched play intelligently to Carney on the left flank. |
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24 |
Rachel Brown gathers a cross from the left at the second attempt with Abby Wambach lurking menacingly in the six yard box. |
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21 |
England go very close as a well worked move is rounded off by Karen Carney delivering a teasing cross that sees Alex Scott and Jill Scott both challenging, but the flag is raised for offside. |
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20 |
Eniola Aluko goes through on goal only for Kate Markgraf to recover and steal the ball away from her. Kelly Smith had played her through on goal. |
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19 |
Pinball in the penalty area as an American corner skittles about before being punted clear by Anita Asante. |
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16 |
Alex Scott shows terrific feet to take a pass from Katie Chapman and sidestep Stephanie Lopez, only for the American full back to bring her down. England go close from the resulting free kick. |
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15 |
A deep cross by Stephanie Lopez is fortunate not to go into the England net. Faye White heads it clear but it immediately rebounds off Kristine Lilly and goes narrowly wide. |
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13 |
Kelly Smith produces a magical turn in the corner of the pitch to beat two American defenders, but just as she reaches the goal she is crowded out and USA win a goal kick. |
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12 |
America loft a free kick into the area but Faye White heads it down and then sends a clearance up the field that Alex Scott pounces on. |
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11 |
Rachel Brown does brilliantly to dive at the feet of Kristine Lilly and hold on to a loose ball in the six yard box, after a cross had deflected off Karen Carney. |
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Christine Rampone advances down the American right flank, taking on Karen Carney before delivering a near-post cross that Casey Stoney heads clear. |
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7 |
England are enjoying most of their play on the right flank with Alex Scott involved early on and Kelly Smith drifting out to the right also. |
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4 |
Kelly Smith tries to feed the ball through the American defence but Carney and Aluko are unable to reach it and Hope Solo gathers it in. |
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2 |
Both sides have early touches on the ball as Alex Scott takes the ball forward on the right flank but fails to find Karen Carney on the other flank. |
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England begin the game, Kelly Smith takes an early touch on the ball with the Three Lions playing from right to left. | Teams:
USA: 18 Hope Solo, 3 Christine Rampone, 4 Cat Whitehill, 7 Shannon Boxx (11 Carli Lloyd 82), 9 Heather O'Reilly, 12 Leslie Osbourne, 13 Kristine Lilly (c), 14 Stephanie Lopez, 15 Kate Markgraf, 17 Lori Chalupny, 20 Abby Wambach (6 Natasha Kai 86)
Substitutes: 1 Briana Scurry, 2 Marian Dalmy, 5 Lindsay Tarpley, 8 Tina Ellertson, 10 Aly Wagner, 16 Angela Hucles, 19 Marci Jobson, 21 Nicole Barnhart
Coach: Greg Ryan
England: 1 Rachel Brown, 2 Alex Scott, 3 Casey Stoney, 4 Katie Chapman, 5 Faye White (c), 6 Mary Phillip (18 Lianne Sanderson 81), 7 Karen Carney, 9 Eniola Aluko (11 Rachel Yankey 46), 10 Kelly Smith, 12 Anita Asante, 16 Jill Scott
Substitutes: 13 Siobhan Chamberlain, 14 Rachel Unitt, 15 Sue Smith, 17 Jody Handley, 19 Vicky Exley, 20 Lindsay Johnson, 21 Carly Telford
Coach: Hope Powell
USA 3-0 ENGLAND FT
22 September 2007
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