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- O'Reilly's one goal, three assists lead 5-1 romp over England to open inaugural world championships.
- Led by Wilson's two tallies, Australia is dumped 4-0 and world championship quarterfinal berth is secured. - Quarterfinals in hand, Tarpley, reserves lead 6-0 rout of Taiwan in world tournament. U.S. under-19 women O'Reilly (two goals, two assists), Wilson (three goals) lead 6-0 quarterfinal rout of Denmark; Germany in next.VICTORIA, Canada (Sunday, August 25, 2002) -- Heather O'Reilly scored the first pair of goals, then assisted on the first two of fellow frontrunner Kelly Wilson's three tallies as the United States drubbed Denmark 6-0 tonight in the quarterfinals of the inaugural Under-19 Women's World Championships at Centennial Stadium.
With their third straight shutout and 21-1 goals advantage in four victories thus far, the Americans advanced to face Germany in a Thursday semifinal in Edmonton. Germany defeated Japan, 2-1 in overtime tonight after tying the match at 1-1 in stoppage time. Canada will face Brazil in the other semifinal. O'Reilly scored an unassisted goal in the 13th minute and made it 2-0 in the 28th when she put away a pass from Lindsay Tarpley. Wilson clinched the match with a couple of quick strikes just before intermission; O'Reilly assisted the tallies in the 44th and 45th minutes to make it 4-0 at the break. Tarpley pushed the lead to 5-0 off an assist from Leslie Osborne in the 59th minute before Wilson completed her hat trick in the 70th minute, converting a Tarpley assist. Wilson's three goals increased her total for the tournament to seven, second to Canada's Christine Sinclair who has 10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
