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Fuchs, President’s 11 Team Down Australia, 4-3

Alexandria, Egypt.— U.S. Field Hockey captain Tracey Fuchs and the elite President's 11 team downed defending World and Olympic champion Australia, 4-3, in the commemorative match celebrating the FIH 75th Anniversary.

Composed of some of the world's top players, the President's 11 team spotted the Australians a 2-0 lead before coming back to take the match in the last minute of play.

After a scoreless first half, FIH Women's Player of the Year Alyson Annan put the Australians on the board early in the second half, and Michelle Andrews increased the Aussie lead to 2-0. The President's 11 struck back to tie the game at 2-2 on goals by Germany's Britta Becker and South Africa's Pietie Coetzee before taking the lead on another Coetzee goal. Katrina Powell brought Australia back to tie the game at 3-3, until Argentina's Karina Masotta notched the game-winner with a minute remaining.

In the men's game, The Netherlands downed the President's 11, 4-1 on a pair of goals by Karel Klaver and scores by Teun de Nooijer and Remco van Wijk. Canada's Peter Milkovich scored the only goal for the President's 11 team on a penalty corner flick late in the first half.

President's 11		Australia
Britta Becker	Germany	Shelley Andrews
Caryn Bentley	South Africa	Alyson Annan
Karen Brown	England	Nina Bonner
Pietie Coetzee	South Africa	Sarah Booth
Tracey Fuchs	USA	Kelly Free
Natasha Keller	Germany	Rechelle Hawkes
Heike Latch	Germany	Bianca Langham
Karina Masotta	Argentina	Alex Lupton
Clarinda Sinnige	Netherlands	Clover Maitland
Mandy Smith	New Zealand	Claire Mitchell Taverner
Carole Thate	Netherlands	Jenny Morris
Dilliane van der Boogaard	Netherlands	Brooke Morrison
Shelley Tate	Zimbabwe	Alison Peek
Robyn Matthews	New Zealand	Katrina Powell
Ilsa Coetzee	Zimbabwe	Kate Starre
Sita Gussein	India	Kristen Towers
		Melanie Twitt