Nuevo record de asistencia para un partido de la seleccion femenina de Estados Unidos se establecio en Pisttsburg, donde 44 mil 28 personas obervaron a las Campeonas del Mundo golear 8-0 a Costa Rica…
en una tarde especial a nativa de Pittsburg Meghan Klingenberg se estro con gol temprano en el segundo tiempo, destacandose la actuacion de Christe Press y Heather O’Reilly quienes se fueron de hat trick y 2 goles respectivamente. con las defensas Julie Johnston y Wthitney Engen aportando un gol cada una…..respaldando un excelente trabajo estuvo la portera Hope Sole quien detuvo tres disparos a la porteria de las Ticas, con quienes se volveran a medir el 19 en Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The World Champion U.S. Women’s National Team opened its Victory Tour in style with an 8-0 win against Costa Rica in front of a crowd of 44,028 at Heinz Field. The attendance set a record for the largest crowd for a stand-alone U.S. WNT match on home soil.
In a special homecoming, Pittsburgh native Meghan Klingenberg scored early in the second half, by which time the USA already held a substantial lead. Christen Press and Heather O’Reilly led the scoring for the USA with a hat trick and a pair of goals respectively. Defenders Julie Johnston and Whitney Engen also put their names on the scoresheet with header goals while Ashlyn Harris and Hope Solo split the goalkeeping duties for the shutout. Solo made three saves in the second half on Costa Rica’s only three shots.
The team entered the stadium to a rapturous standing ovation from the Heinz Field crowd and will likely see a similar scene when it next travels to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where it will face a rematch with Las Ticas before a sold-out crowd of more than 20,000 at Finlay Stadium on Aug. 19.