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- Tracey Leone: With no prior history, under-19 women's world championship tournament will be hard to predict. - O'Reilly's one goal, three assists lead 5-1 romp over England to open inaugural world championships. U.S. under-19 women Led by Wilson's two tallies, Australia is dumped 4-0 and world championship quarterfinal berth is secured.VICTORIA, Canada (Monday, August 19, 2002) -- Forward Kelly Wilson scored twice for the second match in a row while midfielder Leslie Osborne and striker Heather O'Reilly each added their second goals of the tournament, lifting the United States to a 4-0 victory over Australia, securing a spot in the inaugural Under-19 Women's World Championships at Centennial Stadium tonight.
The U.S. is 2-0 in Group C with a match against Taiwan Wednesday before the quarterfinals start next Sunday. A victory or draw in that game would clinch first place in the group and ensure that the Americans would stay in Victoria for their quarterfinal against a third-place team from Group A or Group B. England (1-1) recorded a 4-0 decision over Taiwan (0-2) in tonight's other Group C match The U.S. pounded away at the Australians (1-1) throughout the match, but Wilson's goal off a header in the 14th minute was the only scoring until the Americans added three late tallies within a eight-minute span. In the 74th minute, Osborne settled a cross from O'Reilly with a chest trap and touched it past goalkeeper Luisa Marzotto from three yards out. Five minutes later, Wilson bent a free kick into the lower left corner from 20 yards out. The U.S. finished the scoring in the 81st minute when O'Reilly took off on a 50-yard sprint culminating with a low shot under Marzotto. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
