 |
| |
|
 |
 |
 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adu on the spot U.S. U-17s defeat Australia 1-0 in World Cup warmupPosted: Tuesday August 05, 2003 11:06 AM
ATLANTA (SI.com) -- Fourteen-year-old Freddy Adu scored on a first-half penalty kick and the U.S. defense didn’t allow a shot on goal during the entire match as the U.S. under-17 national team defeated Australia 1-0 on Monday in Liverpool, England. The game was the second of four Under-17 World Championship preparation matches the U.S. is playing in England this week. The U-17s will next face a Manchester United youth team on Thursday. Australia finished with 27 fouls, compared with nine for the U.S. “Going up against Australia, who will also compete in the world championship, was a great challenge for us today,” said U.S. U-17 head coach John Ellinger. “Australia committed a number of fouls, but we still were able to get the ball down and control most of the tempo. “I would have liked another goal for some breathing room, but our defense did a good job to shut down their offensive attacks.” Adu got the game-winning goal in the 41st minute after a give-and-go between midfielders Corey Ashe and Eddie Gaven. With the ball near the right sideline, Gaven gave a quick touch inside to Ashe and made a dash into the penalty area. Ashe was able to slip a pass through to Gaven, who was fouled by defender Adrian Leijer. Adu buried the penalty to the lower right, easily past the outstretched hands of Australian ‘keeper Nathan Hughes. The U.S. controlled most of the tempo during the game, but was only able to get two shots on goal. In the first preparation match on Saturday, the U.S. downed the U-18 Blackburn Rovers 4-2 as Adu scored three second-half goals. The U.S. is will play in Group D at the World Championship in Finland from Aug. 13-30. The U.S. will face South Korea on Aug. 14, Sierra Leone on Aug. 17 and Spain on Aug. 20. SummaryScoring: USA – Freddy Adu (penalty kick) 41st minute Lineups: USA – 1-Phil Marfuggi; 12-Steve Curfman, 3-Jonathan Spector, 5-Brandon Owens; 7-Brian Grazier (10-Guillermo Gonzalez, 46), 15-Corey Ashe, 8-John DiRaimondo, 17-Danny Szetela, 4-Eddie Gaven; 11-Freddy Adu, 13-Jamie Watson (16-Adrian Chevannes, 78).
AUS – 20-Nathan Hughes; 5-Keegan Wolfenden, 15-Adrian Leijer, 2-Ben Griffen; 11-Adam Casey, 7-Kristian Sarkies, 8-Erik Paartalu, 16-Dane Richardson (14-Richard Cardozo, 55), 13-Matt Christensen (18-Matthew Deegan, 74); 9-Dez Giraldi (3-Lachlan Cahill, 55), 10-Serkan Oksuz. Misconduct Summary: AUS – Dez Giraldi (caution) 46th minute
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
