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MINNEAPOLIS -- Carli Lloyd scored twice and the U.S. womens national team defeated Switzerland 5-1 in an exhibition match on Sunday.Christen Press, Crystal Dunn and Kealia Ohai also scored for the United States, playing its second friendly against Switzerland this week. The U.S. defeated the Swiss 4-0 on Wednesday night in Utah.Ohai entered the game late for her international debut and scored 48 seconds later on for her first goal. It was the fastest goal in a debut in team history, one second faster than Lynn Williams goal in her debut on Wednesday.Sandrine Mauron scored for Switzerland off the rebound of a shot from Lara Dickenmann to take the early lead in the seventh minute. It was just the second goal that the Swiss have scored against the United States.Lloyd scored the equalizer in the 25th minute with a stunning strike from nearly 30 yards out. Her second goal came off the deflection of a shot by Press in the 51st minute. Press scored shortly thereafter from the top from the box to extend the lead to 3-1.Dunn added a goal off a cross from Williams in 63rd minute. Ohais goal came in the 82nd.Lloyd now has 96 international goals and 17 goals this year. She will not play in the teams year-ending matches against Romania next month in San Jose and Carson, California, because she is getting married.U.S. coach Jill Ellis gave a few of the regular national team players time off for the two matches against Switzerland, including forward Alex Morgan, midfielder Megan Rapinoe and defenders Meghan Klingenberg and Julie Johnston.Ellis experimented with a 3-5-2 formation for the match. Williams, the golden boot winner of the National Womens Soccer League with the Western New York Flash, earned her first international start.The team had a disappointing finish in this summers Rio Games, where it was ousted in the quarterfinals by Sweden. It was the earliest ever exit from the Olympics for the United States.The United States is playing without goalkeeper Hope Solo, who was suspended from the team for six months following the Olympics.Ashlyn Harris, who was chosen the NWSLs goalkeeper of the year this season, started in goal for the U.S. on Sunday. Harris plays for the Orlando Pride.Attendance for the friendly was announced a 23,400, a record for a U.S. womens match in Minnesota. Balenciaga Shoes Sale .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Wholesale Shoes Nike . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? 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BEAUMONT, Texas -- A Southeast Texas youth football team that received publicity and threatening messages after player protests during the national anthem ended its season early amid strife among coaches and parents.The president of the teams predominantly black executive board, Seterria Anderson, told the Beaumont Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2dAsPBk ) that the Beaumont Bulls disbanded because the team of 11 and 12-year-olds no longer had enough members after several players quit. Three weeks ago, the teams board removed the head coach amid fallout over the protests, and some players then stopped coming to games.The Bulls were among players across the U.S. who followed the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has cited racial injustice and police brutality among the reasons for his protest.Strife among the Bulls leadership, coaches and parents started after players first decided to kneel during the anthem at a Sept. 10 game to protest social injustice.Anderson said coach Rah-Rah Barber was removed after creating a hostile mood at a team meeting and trying to divide the team by singling out and pressuring players who decided not to kneel at the Sept. 17 game.Fourteen of the 19 players took a knee during the anthem before that game, according to the Beaumont Enterprise.ddddddddddddThree of the coaches and five players stood, linking arms in solidarity.But parent April Parkerson disagreed with how Anderson characterized what has happened with the team. Parkerson -- who was banned from practices because of what Anderson called out of line behavior -- said that the board ended the season because of the protests. Parkerson said that after Barbers removal, some of the teams players stopped attending practices or games.We are not practicing anymore, nor did we quit, Parkerson said.Barber did not reply to a Facebook message from The Associated Press, nor did he reply to the Beaumont Enterprise for its story.In a statement after the first protest, the teams board said it supported the players silent and peaceful action.Since the seasons early ending was publicized, people from all over the world have called and sent Anderson hate mail.They dont know were predominantly an all-black organization, she said.---Information from: The Beaumont Enterprise, http://beaumontenterprise.com ' ' ' |
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