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USA Women celebrating on the field
-------USA WINS 2-1-------- Claiming Gold!
90+2 WHISTLE BLOWS
90'+2 USA gets fouled
30 seconds left
90'+1 Free kick from midfield for Cheney. Taking time. Morgan misses opportunity. O'Hara attacks.
90' 2 minutes of time added on.
89' Heath with beautiful defense. Clears ball as Japan threatens. Wambach warned after arriving late. Free kick Miyama. Nothing.
88' Cheney kicks. Wambach misses header again
87' USA tries to burn time. Morgan controls. Corner kick USA
85' JAPAN SUBSTITUTION
--------> Tanaka
84' USA gets fouled. Free kick right side. 30 yards from penalty are. Wambach misses USA's third goal with header that goes far right.
82' Japan gets turnover. HOPE SOLO lays herself out for the save! Tanaka threatened but could not get it by.
81' Lloyd threatened with third goal. Misses far right.
80' Wambach gets fouled. Free kick USA. Fouled by Iwashimizu
Sauerbrunn replaces Buehler
---Buehler still having issues. Speaking to traine--- 79th Minute
77' Foul on Lloyd in same right side 15 yards outside of penalty area.
MIYAMA kicks. China corner. Out to the right Miyama kicks ball inside penalty area. USA clears. MORGAN possesses. Rampone with header. Misses goal left.
SUBSTITUTION JAPAN
------> Iwabuchi
75' Japan offsides.
75' Morgan gets greedy again, misses far left with players around her.
73' Japan gets ball out. Le Peilbelt saves ball with her thighs as she was kneeling down on a second opportunity to score by Japan.
Solo deflected ball in air and Japan tried scoring.
72' Lloyd with hand ball. Free kick 15 yards outside of penalty area
71' Japan corner. USA clears. Japan controls in penalty area. Japan turnsball over. USA clears. Controls. Turns ball over to Japan
70' Miyama with a free kick 20 yards outside of penalty area.
----20 MINUTES LEFT----
69' japan turnsball over on their side of field
68' Threatens, saved by Fukumoto! USA misses goal!
Buehler almost kicked ball in. Ball cleared by goalkeep Fukumoto
67' Free kick U.S. Wambach down.
66' USA working the ball. Japan clears ball. Break away opportunity for Japan.
66' Miyama kicks ball over net.
65' both teams trading possessions with no threats
2-1 USA
62' JAPAN SCORES!
U.S. Rampone saved first goal. Kicked it right to Ogimi. Ogimi scored.
61' Ohno spreads field. Japan works the right side.
Note* Japanes attack has been shut down so far in second half. And as soon as I saw that Japan attacks and barely misses opportunity to score.
61' USA misses open field opportunity.
58' USA attacked but could not work anything out.
SUBSTITUTION USA
------>12 Cheney
56' Morgan misses shot wide left.
USA 2-0
Lloyd makes goal while moving away from goal. Strikes with right leg on the right side of penalty box.
54' Japan attacking. Ohno misses pass. USA controls. Commit turnover. USA regains. Lloyd running up the middle. LLOYD SCORES!!
51' Ohno with throw in on the left side of field. Miyama misses shot wide right of goal
50' Morgan has ball scattered by Fukumoto as Wambach was moving across the side of the left goal post looking for a header
49' Lloyd keeps ball in ground too long, cannot capitalize in penalty area.
48' USA turnover by Wambach. Morgan has ball. Morgan in penalty area. Kicks ball off Sameshima. Corner kick
46' Buehler shaken up in play. Japan opens up ball Ohno with chance, does not capitalize, USA ball
45' Japan with free kick ... Hope Solo bravely punches ball out of danger.
And.... Japan kicks off from midfield. ----START OF SECOND HALF----
Action resuming shortly....
Halftime Stats
|
1 |
Goals |
0 |
|
4 |
Shots on Goal |
3 |
|
7 |
Shots |
6 |
|
4 |
Fouls Committed |
- |
|
- |
Fouls Suffered |
4 |
|
2 |
Corner Kicks |
- |
|
- |
Offsides |
2 |
|
- |
Yellow Cards |
- |
|
- |
2nd Yellow Card = Red |
- |
|
- |
Red Card |
- |
|
45% |
Possession |
55% |
|
15 |
Playing Time |
18 |
Halftime numbers coming up in a little bit...
---------HALFTIME-------------
45' Free kick Japan. Sawa gets hit in the face with ball.
44' Japan turnover Wambach and Heath control. Heath with low hit right at Fukumoto.
42' Rapinoe controls. Wambach kicks Kumagai in the face.
41' Lloyd smokes one right to goalkeeper Fukumoto.
LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES LEFT
41' USA Opens up field too hard as Rapinoe kicks ball way over the goal.
40' Referee letting ladies play despite a lot of contact on U.S. players
39' Japan Attacks, Ogimi stripped.
38' USa still leads 1-0. DO YOU THINK USA CAN HOLD ON TO 1-0 LEAD? (Leave answer in comment box at the bottom) Will check results at halftime.
36' Japan attacks Kawasumi to Ohno to Sawa. Deflection in the air. Ohno kicks ball just a little bit wide right.
33' Miyama gets a pass from Ohno down the middle in penalty area. Ball hits off top cross bar
32' Rapinoe applies pressure, forcing turnover by Japan. Do not capitalize, Japan takes ball out from sidelines
31' USA close again, but cannot score as ball roamed in the six-yard box.
30' Corner kick for USA
29' Ohno gets pass, beautiful defense by USA's Buehler
27' Lloyd lasers ball in. Deflects off Iwashimizu head, hits right cross bar. Score still 1-0 USA
26' Kawasumi offsides.
After replay, ball hits off her arms.
25' Heath clears ball after it looked like she made contact with her hands.
25' Ohno draws foul just outside of the penalty box.
24' Ogimi misses open Japanese player. Japan controls. Misses opportunity two strikers
23' Rapinoe with another long shot kiklling U.S. attack.
22' USA almost gets turnover. Japan continues to control
20' Japan turnover. Rapinoe turns it over. Japan tries breaking down USA defense. Controls ball.
19' USA controls out of bounds. Japan ball.
Japan has had two great possessions attacking USA side of the court.
17' HOPE SOLO WITH A LEFT HANDED SAVE! Knocks ball into upper bar.
16' Japane with two opprtunities to score in that possession.
16' USA gets save from Rampone as ball got passed Hope Solo.
---- Side note----- The wave has begun.
14' USA attack. Wambach tries kick ball on volley. Misses. Corner kick USA.
13' Rapinoe over kicks Wambach on a crafty pass.
12' Japan cannot find a way to effectively get the ball in the penalty box
10' Japan attacks. No support on weak side. Attack falls apart
USA 1-0 --- Morgan kicked ball to the middle of the six yard box with the assist. Lloyd charged in, scored with a header.
7' Japan turnover. USA kicks it to the outside. Lloyd SCORES!
5' Lloyd with steal. Morgan gets contact as Lloyd passed ball. No whistle
4' Ohno controls in Japan breakaway. Too strong of a pass to Kawasumi
3' Morgan attacks! Gets clean look after Japan makes mess of play. Goalkeeper for Japan Fukumoto with a save.
2' USA inbounds on right side of field. Rapinoe in penalty area. USA could not get clean shot at goal.
No team takes control of the ball yet.
1' Kickoff goes to USA.
2:41 P.M. Teams are on the field. U.S. National Anthem being played
2:39 P.M. USA 5-0 in 2012 Olymics Japan 3-0-2 in 2012 Olympics
2:38 P.M. Amy Wambach has been waiting for this day since she got off the World Cup podium.
2:33 P.M. US 23-2 in international competition against Japan
Japan Lineup
1 Fukumoto
2 Kinga
3 Iwasshimizu
4 Kumagai
5 Sameshima
6 Sakaguchi
8 Miyama
9 Kawasumi
10 Sawa
11 Ohno
17 Ogimi
U.S. Lineup
1- Solo
3- Rampone
5 O'Hara
7 Boxx
10 Lloyd
13 Morgan
14 Wambach
15Rapinoe
16 Buehler
17 Heath
The time has arrived for USA to defend its 2008 gold medal. They will face a recognizable foe in Japan beginning at 2:45 p.m. ET/ 7:45 GMT at Wembley Stadium in London.
The U.S. team has dominated Olympic competition, winning four medals, (three gold and one silver) in its 16 years of existence. Japan has never been to the Finals, but had an impressive win over the U.S. in the Women's 2011 World Cup in Germany, which devasted Team USA.
For Hope Solo and the U.S. it is a chance to avenge their 2011 loss, while also serving as a defense of the gold medal they own. On the other side of the dime, it can be a chance for the Japanese team to cement themselves as the best team in the world and the best team to compete in the Women's Football Olympic event for Japan.
The prediction from Sports Illustrated was that the U.S. was going to win this match with Japan taking the silver.
We will have to wait until the end results to see if the U.S. has what it takes. Japan is known for their suffocating defense, while the U.S can light up a scoreboard out of nowhere, as witness by the French team in the first game of the qualifiers.
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