US Ladies Run Riot on Finland

by Sara DeWitt - August 26, 2007

 
 

The US Women's National Team closed out their 2007 World Cup prep work with a 4-0 win over Finland at the Home Depot Center on Saturday.

The ladies fired an astounding 38 shots to remain undefeated in 2007 with a 13-0-2 record.

Veteran Kristine Lilly met an impressive milestone in her career, setting up Shannon Boxx for the opening goal. Lilly joins Mia Hamm as the second women's soccer player to score 100 goals and notch 100 assists.

For the second, Lilly was on the receiving end of a Lori Chalupny pass and had nothing left to do but slide it into an empty net.

Woman of the Match Lindsay Tarpley and Heather O'Reilly rounded out the scoring in the late going.

The women leave for Shanghai on Monday to prepare for their World Cup opener against North Korea on September 11th.

Scoring
USA - Shannon Boxx (Kristine Lilly) 30'
USA - Kristine Lilly (Lori Chalupny) 36'
USA - Lindsay Tarpley (Christie Rampone) 68'
USA - Heather O'Reilly (Carli Lloyd) 76'

Line-ups
USA - Hope Solo; Christie Rampone, Cat Whitehill (Marci Jobson 84'), Kate Markgraf (Tina Ellertson 79'), Stephanie Lopez, Shannon Boxx (Aly Wagner 79'), Lori Chalupny (Leslie Osborne 76'), Heather O'Reilly, Kristine Lilly (Natasha Kai 74'), Lindsay Tarpley, Abby Wambach (Carli Lloyd 27')

Kristine Lilly USA
Lilly reached the double century mark on Saturday night. (photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty)
 
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