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

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