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Women’s World Cup
US faces offensive challenge in defense-minded China
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario —
The last time the United
States played China in the
Women’s World Cup was
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Bowl, when the Americans
won on penalty kicks for
their second title and Brandi
Chastain famously ripped off
her jersey.
The teams meet again
Friday night, with the winner
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against top-ranked Germany
or No. 3 France, and the
Americans still are seeking
their third title.
The United States has a
24-game unbeaten streak
against China dating to 2003.
After scoring just six
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the Americans look to Alex
Morgan for offense. The
25-year-old star forward was
sidelined by a bone bruise
in her left knee from April
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2-0 round-of-16 win over
Colombia.
“I feel better and better
each game,” Morgan said.
“I’m seeing my speed, my
change of direction, my shot
coming back. It feels good
and hopefully in the next
games it will feel great.”
Quarterfinals
USA
China
• Today, 4:30 p.m.
• at TD Place Stadium,
Ottawa, Ontario
• TV: Fox
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Brian, 22, and 26-year-old
Christen Press are likely to
take their spots in the starting
lineup against China.
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of the most creative and
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player on the U.S. team.
of players from the U.S.
team attended the match at
Commonwealth Stadium.
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have never won a title.
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No. 26 Colombia to open
the knockout stage, winning
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winning United States overtime penalty shootout goal shot by Brandi Chastain in Wambach missed a penalty
the FIFA Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The last time
the United States played China was at the World Cup final in 1999. The two coun- kick during the match.
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Byrnes
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Thieme
throws
from the
mound
in the
Cubs’
10-0 win
against
the
Dodg-
ers on
Thurs-
day in
Pendle-
ton.
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rubber to Josh Willingham after Thieme and Shaun
for clean-up duty.
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did great tonight,” Kris Ward hit doubles, and
Thieme said. “They threw Cade Monkers hit two for
strikes and put pressure the Cubs, which had four
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started out a little bit shaky
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made every play they in scoring position in
needed to make.”
every inning but the third.
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Cubs
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as many games as we do
in such a short period of
time, we don’t get much
opportunity to practice,”
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“The season was an
up-and-down season. We
played well at times, we
played bad at times.
“Every time we came to
the game we played hard
and they put everything
out there. I coach the kids
to have fun, and I think
that’s the biggest thing,
that we’re having fun at
this age.”
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went the distance for the
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with four strikeouts, three
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Preston Brower had hits
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The game ended the
season for the 13-14-year-
olds on both sides.
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nals of Pendleton were the
league’s regular-season
champions, and Thieme
said he was grateful to
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Fouquette for organizing
the league.
“Kudos to the guys
that run this organization,
and we really appreciate
(Fouquette) putting all
the time in to make these
things happen, or these
kids don’t get to do this
stuff,” he said.
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Mathew Demianew and Blake Davis.
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2B — Damon Ward, Cade Monkers 2,
L. Thieme (Cubs).
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