Streams at: - www.atdhe.net - www.justin.tv/soccerfanusa/old USA: (G) 18 Nicole Barnhart (D) 4 Cat Whitehill, 6 Amy LePeilbet, 21 Rachel Buehler, 17 Lori Chalupny-c (M) 9 Heather O'Reilly, 16 Angela Hucles, 7 Shannon Boxx, 15 Megan Rapinoe (F) 8 Amy Rodriguez, 20 Abby Wambach Canada: (G) 1 Karina LeBlanc (D) 9 Candace Chapman*, 2 Emily Zurrer, Rhian Wilkinson, 17 Brittany Timko* (M) 15 Kara Lang, 8 Diana Matheson, 4 Kelly Parker (F) 10 Jodi-Ann Robinson, 16 Jonelle Filigno, 12 Christine Sinclair * = listed as (M)
06' 0-0 Canada throw-in 18m right, turnover, USA counters up the center, O'Reilly finds Wambach crossing left-to-right in front of her, plays her into the box. Wambach has no jets, gets shoulder-challenged for 5m, carries to a tight angle, and her shot is blocked out for a right corner.
09' 0-0 Canada carries up the right to endline, low cross to near post is caught by Barnhart. 10' 0-0 USA free kick from 30m mid-right, into box, LeBlanc comes 12m out and catches it high.
Will they mention that WPS is actually playing this weekend, yet USSF scheduled a meaningless money grabbing friendly anyway?
Don't understand why Boxx is in the line-up. Shouldn't this game be about looking at new, young talent? Is Boxx even a consideration for the next WC?
12' 0-0 Canada controls on the ground at midfield left. Whitehill plows into #10 Robinson and levels her, foul. USA controls in the back, lofts a long ball up the left sideline and too far for Rapinoe.
14' 0-0 Canada free kick from behind midfield on right sideline, into Rapinoe's stomach and out. Off the throw-in, Canada sprints up the right, #4 Kelly Parker turns into the box right edge, and #6 LePeilbet executes a face-high foot touch to take a bouncing ball away from her. No call, must have been far enough away to be judged non-dangerous.
20' 0-0 Even possession, neither team dominates. Hucles tries to drop a long pass from midfield center over O'Reilly's shoulder at box top, but too strong and LeBlanc gathers.
21' 0-0 Canada springs a pass from USA's left 1/3 to box top, where #12 Sinclair is in a tight 1-v-1 duel with #6 LePeilbet. Barnhart comes 15m out, yells "keeper, keeper" loudly enough to drown out Foudy (ok, I exaggerate, Foudy wasn't talking ), and slide-gathers off Sinclair's foot.
24' 0-0 Boxx carries up to 30m slightly right, switches left past Rapinoe to Chalupy on a deep overlap. Chalupny does a step-over at box top left, carries past 1 defender and gets into box deep left, tries a hard cross/shot, but it goes straight to LeBlanc at near post.
25' 0-0 A flurry in Canada's end. Whitehill passes to Wambach just inside box top center with back to goal, she squats down and chests the ball down behind her to Rodriguez, who runs on and shoots hard into a defender's leg for a left corner. That corner sails over the box, gets crossed back in on the endline, and LeBlanc collects.
29' 0-0 O'Reilly carries deep mid-right, cross is blocked up and out by #7 Wilkinson, LeBlanc comes wide to catch it behind the endline. Right corner is headed clear, Rapinoe gathers and shoots from 20m left, slightly wide left.
32' 0-0 USA disrupts Canada's possession deep right, #21 Buehler steps forward and thunderously clears the ball 3m forward into #10 Robinson's stomach -- she says "woof" and goes down for half a minute.
33' 0-0 Canada up the right, short cross (on the ground ) into box. USA steals, counters through a big gap in the center, reaches Canada's box top left, and a long shot rolls to LeBlanc.
35' 0-0 Slightly behind USA's box top(?), #4 Kelly Parker spins back-to-goal to shield the ball from Rapinoe's harassment, takes a mis-step, and twists her right ankle. She stays in, with a slight limp. Free kick drops into USA's box, and is cleared.
37' 0-0 O'Reilly receives just past midfield on right sideline, tries a hard cross/switch that bounces firmly off her defender's chest and back into her path. O'Reilly jumps on the loose ball first, carries up the right sideline, and crosses low to Wambach cutting from box top center to near post, but Canada pokes it out. USA right corner is headed clear.