The United States Women's National Team got an 89th minute winner from Christine Nairn at Charleston's Blackbaud Stadium on Wednesday night to sweep their friendly series with Canada.
“I was first of all excited to get in the game, but Cheney did all the hard work and I was just there to make sure it went in the goal,” Nairn said. "I’ll take it if I can. If Abby didn’t make that run and that touch, and Cheney didn’t follow it up, I wouldn’t have made it. It’s awesome. I can’t even explain how I feel right now its awesome to even be on this team and be considered for this team so to put one away like that and win the game is a great feeling.”
Hope Solo needed four saves to record the shutout. The United States had seven shots on goal from 18 taken.
-- Game Report --
Match: U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Canada
Date: July 22, 2009
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, S.C.
Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
Attendance: 4,041
Weather: Hot, humid – 81 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 0 1 1
CAN 0 0 0
USA – Christine Nairn (Lauren Cheney) 89th minute
Lineups:
USA: 1-Hope Solo; 2-Heather Mitts, 6-Amy LePeilbet, 21-Rachel Buehler, 14-Stephanie Cox; 9-Heather O’Reilly (12-Leslie Osborne, 62), 7-Shannon Boxx (capt.) (16-Angela Hucles, 46), 10-Carli Lloyd (11-Christine Nairn, 81), 15-Megan Rapinoe (13-Tobin Heath, 46); 5-Lindsay Tarpley (19-Lauren Cheney, 46), 20-Abby Wambach
Subs not used: 4-Cat Whitehill, 8-Amy Rodriguez, 18-Nicole Barnhart
Head Coach: Pia Sundhage
CAN: 18-Erin McLeod; 5-Robyn Gayle (21-Chelsea Stewart, 26), 9-Candace Chapman, 2-Emily Zurrer, 13-Marie-Eve Nault (19-Shannon Woeller, 67); 14-Carmelina Moscato (20-Alyssa Lagonia, 80), 8-Diana Matheson, 4-Kelly Parker (10-Jodi-Ann Robinson, 64), 15-Kara Lang; 16-Jonelle Filigno (11-Christina Julien, 73), 12-Christine Sinclair (capt.)
Subs not used: 1-Karina LeBlanc, 3-Gina Pacheco, 6-Kaylyn Kyle, 7-Rhian Wilkinson, 17-Brittany Timko, 22-Stephanie Labbe, 23-Sansar Bahar, 24-Karli Hedlund
Head Coach: Carolina Morace
Statistical Summary: USA / CAN
Shots: 18 / 8
Shots on Goal: 7 / 4
Saves: 4 / 6
Corner Kicks: 4 / 2
Fouls: 3 / 5
Offside: 1 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
CAN – Chelsea Stewart (caution) 42nd minute
Officials:
Referee: Sandra Serafini (USA)
Asst. Referee: Debbie Coleman (USA)
Asst. Referee: Melanie Johnson (USA)
Fourth Official: Alan Schechtman (USA)
