USA V IRL ( 5th - 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Valencia


Match Review USA - IRL 6-1
Lauren Crandall and Katie O’Donnell struck twice as USA found their scoring mojo to beat Ireland 6-1 and keep alive their Olympic hopes as they advance to the 5th/6th place playoff at the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Valencia.
The Irish had beaten USA 2-0 in the group stages but the world number five side were too strong and were assured and in control for most of the match. In their first meeting, the US let slide eight penalty corners but there was no repeat performance.
Lauren Crandall knocked in two before the 10 minute mark, the first after a smart dodge right and her bouncing shot clipped the top of Emma Gray’s pads en route to the goal. The second was far more direct, scooting through Gray’s defences.
Gray subsequently made a trio of great stops in the second quarter but was powerless to stop O’Donnell making it 3-0 in the 35th minute. She turned delightfully in mid-circle to create space and powered home. She added another six minutes later from a corner rebound. Anna O’Flanagan – with her fourth goal of the tournament – reduced the deficit in similar fashion from Ireland’s second corner.
But the US came back strong and were 5-1 up when Paige Selenski picked up the pieces from a scrappy attack that was initially cleared off the Irish line by Shirley McCay but only as far as the striker. She showed little mercy in picking out the top corner. Jill Witmer then completed the rout two minutes from the end when she finished off a one on one chance in style.
Goals
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
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USA | 8 | 27 | CRANDALL Lauren | PC | 1 - 0 |
USA | 9 | 27 | CRANDALL Lauren | PC | 2 - 0 |
USA | 35 | 16 | O'DONNELL Katie | FG | 3 - 0 |
USA | 41 | 16 | O'DONNELL Katie | PC | 4 - 0 |
IRL | 43 | 26 | O'FLANAGAN Anna | PC | 4 - 1 |
USA | 47 | 21 | SELENSKI Paige | FG | 5 - 1 |
USA | 58 | 10 | WITMER Jill | FG | 6 - 1 |
Cards
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
USA | 30 | 5 | GONZALEZ Melissa | G |
IRL | 34 | 26 | O'FLANAGAN Anna | G |
IRL | 40 | 29 | DILLON Kate | G |
IRL | 52 | 10 | McCAY Shirley | Y |
USA
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
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6
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2 | FEE Stefanie | ||||
X
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5 | GONZALEZ Melissa | 1 | |||
X
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6 | WIDDALL Alesha | ||||
X
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7 | KOLOJEJCHICK Kelsey | ||||
X
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8 | DAWSON Rachel | ||||
X
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9 | VITTESE Michelle | ||||
3
|
10 | WITMER Jill | 1 | |||
X
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12 | REINPRECHT Julia | ||||
4
|
14 | REINPRECHT Katie | ||||
X
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16 | O'DONNELL Katie | 2 | |||
X
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18 | KASOLD Michelle | ||||
5
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21 | SELENSKI Paige | 1 | |||
X
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23 | FALGOWSKI Katelyn | ||||
X
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24 | SHARKEY Kathleen | ||||
X
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27 | CRANDALL Lauren | 2 | |||
5
|
28 | VAN SICKLE Caitlin | ||||
5
|
29 | MANLEY Alyssa | ||||
Bench
|
31 | BRIGGS Jackie | ||||
Team Manager | JENNINGS Steve | |||||
Head Coach | PARNHAM Craig | |||||
Stand-In Manager | KNAPP Kelly | |||||
Assistant Coach | SCHOPMAN Janneke | |||||
Physiotherapist | URETSKY Lori | |||||
Medical Doctor | HIGGINS David |
IRL
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
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1 | GRAY Emma | ||||
X
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4 | O'BYRNE Yvonne | ||||
X
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5 | SARGENT Cliodhna | ||||
X
|
6 | SMYTH Emma | ||||
X
|
8 | EVANS Nicola | ||||
5
|
9 | MULLAN Katie | ||||
X
|
10 | McCAY Shirley | 1 | |||
X
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11 | FRAZER Megan | ||||
6
|
15 | PINDER Gillian | ||||
2
|
16 | CONNERY Aine | ||||
Bench
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19 | McFERRAN Ayeisha | ||||
5
|
20 | WATKINS Chloe | ||||
X
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21 | COLVIN Lizzie | ||||
X
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22 | DALY Nicola | ||||
X
|
23 | MATTHEWS Hannah | ||||
X
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26 | O'FLANAGAN Anna | 1 | 1 | ||
12
|
29 | DILLON Kate | 1 | |||
8
|
30 | MEEKE Alison | ||||
Team Manager | PETRAKOS George | |||||
Stand-In Manager | BOYLES Arlene | |||||
Head Coach | SMITH Darren | |||||
Assistant Coach | SHAW Graham | |||||
Physiotherapist | RYAN Deirdre | |||||
Medical Doctor | McCARTHY Sinead |
DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified
Match Officials
Role | Official |
---|---|
Umpire 1 | SANDERS Hannah |
Umpire 2 | REYDO Mariana |
Reserve Umpire | BRUNEKREEF Caroline |
Video Umpire | McCLEAN Ayanna |
Judge 1 | CORA-XAVIER Viviane |
Judge 2 | ROSS Ginny |
Technical Officer | RUTTEN Edna |
- Match 27
- Date Sat, 20 Jun 2015
- Time 11:30
- Pool/Class 5th - 8th
- Venue Betero