Ruth - I know you are a big fan of Angela's - so thought you would enjoy her most recent success. We continue to pray that she makes the Olympic Team again this summer.
Take Care -
Sending Great Love and Healing Energy - Penny
more great stuff: - see post-game quotes below:
Post-Match Quotes: U.S. WNT 5, Australia 4
U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage:
On picking the Olympic squad:
“We still have a game (against Canada) in Washington on May 10. And then we have a camp in May, so right now we have 27 players, something like that, and we’ll pick out 1 8 sometime in June. Overall, I feel we have the core of the team and I’m pretty happy about that.”
U.S. Defender Cat Whitehill:
On the long free kick she sent in that led to the game-winning goal:
“It was a long distance ball, and when you have an Abby Wambach up there you just want to aim it towards her head and she’ll create something. I think she heard Angie Hucles say, ‘Flick it, flick it’ and Angie came running on and scored an incredible goal. I’m so happy that we came away with the win.”
U.S. Forward Abby Wambach
On the match:
“I’m just proud that we didn’t quit. It’s really easy, especially in extra time, to just concede and walk away with a tie, but today we didn’t want that as our result. We refu sed to lose, or tie. I’m proud of my teammates.”
On the game-winning goal:
Cat struck a great ball in and I heard Angela making a run in behind me. She said flick it so I flicked it, and she did the rest. The keeper had the near post covered and Angela put it in the only place that was open on the near post. What a great goal; could be the goal of the year.”
U.S. midfielder Angela Hucles:
On her game-winning goal:
“Cat played a great ball in and everyone was pushing forward trying to make one more effort. I saw Abby was going to head the ball, so I called for it and she flicked it back. Everything aligned pretty perfectly and I was able to finish.”
U.S. midfielder Lindsay Tarpley:
On finding ways to win in the last seconds:
“As a team, I think you grow the most during these tough times. Having these types of games and situations is definitely helping us prepare for the Olympics.”
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