After opening the four-team 2015 U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational in Southern California with a 3-0 loss to Japan, the U.S. U-20 women finished runner-up with a 2-1 win over Brazil and a 1-0 win overMexico. The 17-year-old Mallory Pugh scored both gamewinners and set up Taylor Racioppi’s opening goal against Brazil.
Pugh struck against Brazil afterwinning the ball deep in her own half and embarking on an 80-yard run.
Japan won the tournament crown by outscoring its three foes, 16-0. Brazil finished third and Mexico, which lost 2-0 toBrazil, finished four fourth.
June 6 in Carson, Calif.
USA 2 Brazil 1. Goals: Racioppi (Pugh) 21, Pugh 74; Gabriela Silva.
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USA — Murphy; Flores, Jacobs, Riehl, Petersen; Roberts, DeMelo (Ogle, 59), Buckingham (Canales, 46), Pugh; Harr (Hedge, 57), Racioppi (Sanchez, 69).
Brazil– Maria Silva; Bender, Beatriz, Ribeiro, Carolina Oliveira; Bianchi, Bender (Silva, 46), Silva, Matos; Calderan, Boilesen (Grassetti, 83).
Referee: Jasmine Peralta(USA).
Att.: 250.
June 4 in Carson, Calif.
USA 1 Mexico 0. Goal: Pugh (Racioppi) 45.
USA– Murphy, Elliston (Petersen, 46), Riehl, Jacobs, Flores, Harvey (DeMelo, 46), Ogle (Roberts, 62), 1 Canales (Sanchez, 46), Pugh, Harr (Hedge, 80), Racioppi (Kerner, 62).
Mexico — Barreras, Rodriguez, Flores, Bernal, Orejel, Antonio, Flores, Crowther, Gonzalez (Cruz, 72), Palacios (Martinez, 88), Vazquez.
Referee: SamanthaMoos (USA).
Att.: 400
Started to watch the US vs Mexico match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZz5Hk1fqxQ and we’re taking goal kicks just like Mexico and all the other crappy teams ranked 20th and below. Note do dense WNT coaches: teach your defenders to play out of the back. That’s how the top teams can play when they need to. So either you are unable to coach it, or our players are unable to perform it. By the time someone like Klinsmann tries to do something about it the adult level, it’s too late. I see an adjoining article about the USWNT that says we have to rely on our speed to defeat Australia: http://www.socceramerica.com/article/64123/scouting-report-usa-counts-on-speed-against-austr.html If that’s the case, heads should start rolling sooner rather than later. “Relying On Speed” is what other, less skilled/crappy teams do to keep up. Why are we now lumped together with them?
@R2,… Because, WE ARE Less Skilled and Crappy…SAD isn’t it. ..