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U.S. Women down Finland in 2nd win at Four Nations

18 Jan, 2008

The U.S. Women's National team dispatched Finland with little drama in their second match at the Four Nations Tournament, cruising to a 4-1 victory Thursday. Lindsay Tarpley scored two more goals, while Angie Woznuk and Lauren Cheney each added goals setting the stage for a January 20 clash with China for the Championship.
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U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM GAME REPORT

Match-up: USA vs. Finland
Competition: 2008 Four Nations Tournament
Venue: Guangdong Olympic Sports Center Stadium; Guangzhou, China.
Date: January 18, 2008; Kickoff – 4:30 p.m. local / 3:30 a.m. ET
Attendance: 500
Weather: Cloudy, cool – 66 degrees

Scoring Summary:
1 2 F
USA 2 2 4
FIN 0 1 1

USA – Lindsay Tarpley (Abby Wambach) 37th minute.
USA – Lindsay Tarpley (Abby Wambach) 39.
FIN – Essi Sainio (not available) 54.
USA – Lauren Cheney (Tina DiMartino) 69.
USA – Angie Woznuk (Stephanie Cox) 80.

Lineups:
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)
Subs not used: 18-Hope Solo, 4-Cat Whitehill, 16-Angela Hucles, 27-Becky Sauerbrunn.
Head Coach: Pia Sundhage

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).
Subs not used: 6-Miia Niemi, 12-Haikka Tinja, 15-Maija Saari, 16-Sanna Malaska, 17-Susanna Lehtinen.
Head Coach: Michael Kald

Statistical Summary:
USA / FIN
Shots: 19 / 4
Shots on Goal: 11 / 3
Saves: 1 / 7
Corner Kicks: 16 / 2
Fouls: 9 / 6
Offside: 6 / 1

Misconduct Summary: None.

Officials:
Referee: Gu Ying (China)
AR 1: Liu Hongjuan (China)
AR 2: Cui Yongmei (China)
4th Official: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Sierra Mist Woman of the Match: Lindsay Tarpley

2008 Four Nations Tournament Standings
Team W
L
T
Pts.
GF
GA
GD

USA 2
0
0
6
8
1
+7

CHN 1
0
1
4
2
0
+2

CAN 0
1
1
1
0
4
-4

FIN 0
2
0
0
1
6
-5


Jan. 16
USA 4, Canada 0
China 2, Finland 0

Jan. 18
China 0, Canada 0
USA 4, Finland 1

Jan. 20
Finland vs. Canada
USA vs. China

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