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WCC: USA Tops Spain, Salvages 5th Place Finish  x4
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July 17, 2005
US Field Hockey Association
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Kelly Doton (Greenfield, Mass.) scored two goals in a five-goal USA onslaught as the host team downed Spain, 5-3, to earn fifth place in the tournament.
"It was a big challenge after coming in from winning against the same team the other day (a 2-1 USA victory on Thursday)," said U.S. coach Lee Bodimeade. "I was very happy with the way the girls played. We tried to do a couple of things differently and it all worked. When the game was there to be won at 2-2 at halftime, they grabbed the game and then went ahead and executed."
Doton opened the scoring in just the second minute of play with a direct blast off a penalty corner. The lead was short-lived however as Spain answered with a pair of quick back-to-back goals by Ester Termens and Marta Prat in a one minute span.
The USA pulled even in the 15th minute when Angie Loy's (Loysville, Pa.) hard shot off a pass from Kate Barber (West Chester, Pa.) hit Spain keeper Maria Jesus Rosa and bounced into the cage.
The USA continued its scoring spree in the second half when Barber knocked in the ball from in front of the net in the 48th minute and Katie O'Donnell (Blue Bell, Pa.) scored her first career goal off of a pass from Loy on the U.S. counter attack.
Spain pulled to within 4-3 in the 53rd minute on a penalty corner goal by Rocio Ybarra before Doton put the game away in the 59th minute with her second penalty corner goal.
"The USA had great defense and we just had too many mistakes," said Spain coach Pablo Usoz. "We had opportunities, but could not convert them."
The young U.S. team ended the tournament with two straight victories that left Bodimeade optimistic about his team's future.
"To be here and to be able to beat a (top rated) team twice in a row indicates how far we've come and the progress we're making," said Bodimeade.
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Andre
07-17-2005 11:48 pm
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International Exposure
I congratulate the USA Women's team and the International Field brought to Virginia Beach. Much needed exposure for the sport of Field Hockey in this country.
As encouraging as this tournament was for the women, the same cannot be said for the pathetic treatment offered to US Mens Field Hockey. The USFHA has apparently decided to kill the men's program. Shockingly, the so-called Men's National team has not had a single event in OVER ONE YEAR (the Pan Am Cup in Canada in June 2004), while members of the Under 20 team (who came within seconds of qualifying for the World Championships in Cuba this past February) have had no communication or direction of any kind since the tournament ended five months ago. No workouts, no schedule, no nothing. My heart goes out to the athletes....they deserve much better than the worthless bunch who are getting pay checks for nothing. The USFHA should at least have the guts to announce the program is dead rather than leaving the guys hanging in limbo.
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U19 MOM
07-18-2005 1:17 pm
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Outstanding Event
USFHA did a fantastic job hosting this tournament and giving the Future's players the opportunity to watch this level of play. The games were incredible to watch and showed the young US players of the future what needs to be done. Watching the US play Spain twice was exciting and to have Katie O'Donnell score her first international goal in front of this audience was an inspiration to these players. I know that the girls I was with have not stopped talking about the games, even being impressed with the warm-up routines (especially Spain's!) The venue worked perfectly and the efforts made to get the young players to support all of the international teams was great. THANKS, USFHA
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Senior
07-18-2005 3:46 pm
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re: Curious
No, it wasn't the Junior team. Young, yes. 10 players were 22+. And three of the players who are 21 and Under played in the 2004 Olympics. So I wouldn't call this a Junior team.
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