WNT v China, Dec. 13, 2015, pre/pbp/post

Pregame - fans in the stands unfurled a huge Arizona State Flag with JJ's picture in the middle.

 

10' 0-0 USA quickly up centerline, short pass to Klingenberg at arc top left. Perfect settle, two tiny touches, right foot shot toward right post -- GK dives and pushes it wide and over.

11' 0-0 USA right ck, short, centered. Horan threads a through-ball to 12m arc right -- but USA offside along box top.

 

Lets start the USWNT24/7 Cable Channel

 

13' 0-0 USA right ck, Horan outswings to 7m 1/3 right. Morgan reads it better, but it bends just behind her head -- side-header pops up onto roof.

14' 0-0 Klingenberg works down wide left to 2m box left, chips a cross to 6m 1/4 left, Dunn lunge-heads just over.

China PR (Bruno Bini): bold were not on WWC'15 roster.
9 Wang Shanshan
17 Gu Yasha, 15 Lei Jiahui, 11 Wang Shuang
35 _, 19 Tan Ruyin
14 Zhao Rong, 24 薛娇, 6 Li Dongna, 2 Liu Shanshan
22 Zhao Lina

 

I swapped to the U20 while I was waiting.

 

China providing MUCH more of a test!!!!!

 

Soooooooooooo its NFL season and I have US Women's Soccer on 2 TV's

 

23' 0-0 USA long chip toward arc top wide left, China slide-hooks it into far touch and trips Horan(?), no call.

25' 0-0 USA play from left to Lloyd at arc top left. Lloyd spins to face goal, patient taps ... then pass to Dunn inside arc right. Dunn cuts left past 1, steps forward into a 1-v-3 pocket, rushes a left foot shot and slices it wide left, no touch. Meh.

 

I'm juggling both streams, four Twitters, two BigSoccer threads, and Emacs split into two windows
Haven't posted into the wrong thread yet!

 

US players are being pressed by China while in possession and Horan is noticeably less effective so far.

 

Dunn.

 

Crystal!!!!!

 

Finally broke through.... Dunn with a nice shot towards the corner!!!!

 

That was a bit unlucky for China, but Dunn made no mistake about that.

 

Morgan goal offside. Great look from Dunn.

 

Now, can China maintain, and not do the 60+ minute fade, so many teams against the US do?

Morgan with a nice goal that almost was!!!

 

On replay, muy muy cerca.

 

Don't care if it didn't count - the Greatness of Alex Morgan.

 

39' 1-0 Dunn passes from circle top box right to Heath in a seam at 24m mid-right. Heath jukes one, curls past her to 18m, flicks down box right for Morgan lurking. Morgan chases to 4m just inside box right, slide-hooks a backpass -- behind Heath's run. China #35, coming back, volleys ball toward own endline 6-right -- #24 volleys it back out. Dunn collects unmarked at 15m mid-right, touches left, bends left instep over GK's hands, into back right high.

42' 1-0 Dunn one-touch cross from 24m box right to 15m center, Morgan lunges past somebody's back shoulder and touches it to self at 5m 6-right. One-touch left outstep flick over startled GK's hands. No goal -- Morgan offside

 

Morgan starting to feel confident!!!!

 

1-0 HT. Onto the U-20 game....

 

The other US game finally sees a goal.

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The US does what Canadia couldn't moments earlier and punishes a bad backpass.

 

U-20 game 72" 1-0 US

 

Okay, so now I'm looking for the spoiler button on the text toolbar...

 

The Canadian U-20's graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Melissa Tancredi School of Bull in a China Closet Marking