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USA Field Hockey News
USA Field Hockey Women Fall to The Netherlands in World Cup Warm
Up
Neijmegen, NED – The USA Field Hockey Women's National Team concluded its World Cup preparation series with a 2-0 loss to The Netherlands in the second of two matches against the top-ranked Dutch.
The U.S. women now head to Spain for the World Cup, Sept. 27-Oct. 8 in Madrid.
Eefke Mulder opened the scoring late in the first half when she connected on a field goal in the 29th minute to give the Dutch a 1-0 halftime lead. Naomi Van As added to the Dutch lead midway through the second half with her first goal of the series to give the hosts the 2-0 victory.
The series gave U.S. coach Lee Bodimeade a final
opportunity to experiment with the his line-up as he made full use of the
USA bench in both contests.
The USA will meet world No. 2 Argentina in the team’s World Cup opener on Sept. 27 and
will play world No. 4 Australia in the second game on Sept. 28. The USA earned its first
victory over Argentina in 16 years with a 2-1 win during the AstroTurf March
on Madrid in August and earned a 1-1 draw with Australia during the first round of the
event.
at Neijmegen
7:30 p.m. local time
The Netherlands 2, USA 0
NED: Eefke Mulder (FG,
29:00)
NED: Naomi Van As (FG, 44:00)
USA Starters: Kayla
Bashore, Melissa Leonetti, Angie Loy, Kelly Doton, Rachel
Dawson, Sarah Dawson, Tiffany Snow, Sara Silvetti, Carrie
Lingo, Kate Barber, Amy Tran (GK)
Reserves: Katelyn
Falgowski, Keli Smith, April Fronzoni, Lauren Powley, Dina Rizzo