Here's the US Soccer write-up on the upcoming game... That's quite a description of Ostberg! http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=55430&itype=113&iCategoryID=0
Pregame US Soccer lists starting lineup as: Scurry Bivens Reddick Mitts Markgraf Foudy Boxx Osborne Wagner MacMillan! Wambach And for Sweden Lundgren Westburn Tornqvist Marklund Eriksson Mostrom Fagerstrom Sjostrom MAndersson Svensson Oqvist
The game has started and Sweden already has 3 fouls in the first 1:15 of play. 3rd min Osborne just misses getting to a cross inside the 6-yard box and shortly after that Fagerstrom is slow getting up after being fouled. MT mentions scores of earlier games today: Norway 0 China 0 Italy 2 Finland 1
6th min - Tornqvist gets off first shot of the game, but it is wide... Another score: Wales 3 N Ireland 1, with Greece and Portugal playing still.
10th min - Both teams in 4-4-2s, and only 1 shot taken so far. Could end up being one of those really low scoring games. 10:33 Mac wins corner for US 12th min - Mac's CK goes thru box, hits defender and deflects on goal, but keeper makes save Boxx pounces on loose ball and shoots, but it goes right at the keeper
16th min - Foudy gets off a shot, but it is a weak one that keeper easily saves 18th min - Oqvist caught offside for 2nd time 19th min - MT says Scurry struggling on goal kicks because of the strong wind.
20th min - Mac makes a solo run, but the keeper picks the right moment to make her move and is able to take the ball off Macs feet just before she can get around her. 22nd min - FK for US. Mac takes it but the wind holds it up just enough that the keeper can grab it.
24th min - nice combo play by Abbie & Aly is broken up by defender CK by Mac is a short one to Bivens but nothing comes of it. 25th min - Aly gets off a hard shot from 14 yards but just misses the top left corner. 26h min - Abby called for bad throw-in? Right after that US gets ball back and Foudy cross easily grabbed by keeper.
29th min - MT credits Mitts with great dribbling run, but US can't take advantage of it. Also, Sweden apparently 'defending in numbers' and making it hard for combination play in box.
33rd min - Sweden wins CK 34th min - Scurry punchs it clear 34:30 Sweden scores, as Malin Andersson gets ball at top of the box and hits it through traffic, just between the post and Osborne. MT notes that France is leading Denmark 1-0.
40th min -Oqvist takes shot from 18 yards out by it's high. 42nd min - another shot by Oqvist, again high MT has noted that Oqvist has gotten by both Mitts and Markgraf on separate occasions 1 minute of stoppage time added.
It's halftime, in this game and the other two. Portugal leads Greece 2-0 and France still leads Denmark 1-0. MT notes that if France does indeed win their game, the US can get into the finals even if they lose 1-0. There would be a 3-way tie, with goal differential being the deciding factor.
I cannot get Match Tracker to come in. Do you have to install some type of software to make it run? Thank you for the game posts. Please post the half time stats if you get them.
Sorry about not getting to the stats yet, I'm at home and the plumber just showed up a few minutes ago Listing US numbers first: goals 0-1 Corners 3-2 SHots 6-7 Offside 0-2 Subs for the US: Mia for Ozzie and Brandi for Kylie.
47th min - Foudy CK grabbed by keeper 50:08 2nd goal for Sweden, as Scurry makes save on shot by Svensson, but Oqvist gets to the loose ball and puts it into the net... 2-0 Sweden MT says that if current score lines hold the US would still be in to the final
52nd min - CK by Mia goes out fo ranother one 53rd min - CK by Mia results in an off-target header by Boxx 55:49 Another goal for Oqvist and Sweden, as a pass behind the defense by Svensson puts the youngster thru and she gets around Scurry to score from a difficult angle. 3-0 Sweden
59th min - Boxx gest yellow card for hard foul on Svensson MT says that US has never lost by more than 3 goals. 61st min - Mostrom gets off shot after Svensson steals ball from Reddick, but it is wide left. Apparently, even being 3 down would still allow the US into the final, if France wins but only by 1 goal.
64th min - Swedens keeper makes a leg save on shot by Wambach, Followup shot by Foudy is snagged by the keepers outstretched hand, while stil on the ground. She's made some good saves today. 64:00 Tarpley in for Wagner
66th min - CK by Mac, cleared by the defense after keeper could only get a hand on it. 66ht min - CK by Mia, short to Mac and then back to Mia, who gets off a shot just over the crossbar. 67:05 France still leads 1-0 67:53 1st Swedish sub, Sjogran for Fagerstrom
70th min - shot by Oqvist blocked out for CK CK is cleared 69:51 Parlow comes in for MacMillan Sweden has done a much better job of containing Wambach this game, wonder if the extra height being brought in will change that.
This is dreadful. In spite of that fact, thanks, Tsunami, for the PBP -Matchtracker is stalled out at halftime for me.