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Duke Duo Helps Lead U-20 National Team to Title in France
6/30/2022 2:13:00 PM | Women's Soccer
DURHAM – The Duke women's soccer duo of Michelle Cooper and Carina Lageyre helped lead the United States Under-20 Women's Youth National Team to the title at the four-team Sud Ladies Cup in Aubagne, France.
After defeating France, 3-1, and Mexico, 3-0, to open the tournament, the U-20 squad closed the action with a 2-2 draw with Netherlands, before using penalty kicks to earn the tournament title with a 5-4 ledger.
Both Cooper and Lageyre played in two of the three matches, while both earning starts in the opening match against France. Cooper added an assist in the France contest.
Cooper opened the scoring in the Netherlands match, posting her first goal of the Sud Ladies Cup in the fifth minute to give the United States a 1-0 advantage. The goal came off a corner kick from defender Evelyn Shores who struck a low, curling cross into the six-yard box. Cooper, the U.S. captain, lost her mark at the near post and volleyed home to make it 1-0.
It was Cooper's ninth international goal at the U-20 level after she scored a team-leading eight at the Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship last March.
Netherlands equalized in the 13th minute after a close-range shot was saved by U.S. goalkeeper Neeku Purcell. The rebound bounced through bodies inside the penalty box and landed in front of Fenna Meijer who finished low into the corner.
The Dutch took the lead in the 33rd as Liz Rijsbegen brought the ball up the right wing and crossed to the far post where Ziva Henry finished to make it 2-1.
The USA equalized in the 63rd minute off a lofted pass over the defense by forward Emily Colton that Shaw ran onto at the top of the penalty box. Shaw took a few touches before burying the ball in the upper left corner. It was her second goal in as many games and second of her U-20 career.
The USA made five of its seven kicks from the spot and the Netherlands made four of its seven, giving the USA two points per competition rules and the tournament title.
The teams were tied 4-4 through six kicks each when Jeva Walk missed the seventh for Holland. Midfielder Talia DellaPeruta stepped up and nailed the USA's seventh kick to give the young Americans the victory. The full USWNT also beat the Dutch in a penalty kick shootout recently, during the quarterfinal of the delayed 2020 Olympics in Japan.
The match served a preview of what awaits at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in August when the USA and Netherlands will square off in group play.
These matches were the final ones before U.S. head coach Tracey Kevins selects a roster for the World Cup which will be staged from Aug. 10-28 in Costa Rica.
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After defeating France, 3-1, and Mexico, 3-0, to open the tournament, the U-20 squad closed the action with a 2-2 draw with Netherlands, before using penalty kicks to earn the tournament title with a 5-4 ledger.
Both Cooper and Lageyre played in two of the three matches, while both earning starts in the opening match against France. Cooper added an assist in the France contest.
Cooper opened the scoring in the Netherlands match, posting her first goal of the Sud Ladies Cup in the fifth minute to give the United States a 1-0 advantage. The goal came off a corner kick from defender Evelyn Shores who struck a low, curling cross into the six-yard box. Cooper, the U.S. captain, lost her mark at the near post and volleyed home to make it 1-0.
It was Cooper's ninth international goal at the U-20 level after she scored a team-leading eight at the Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship last March.
Netherlands equalized in the 13th minute after a close-range shot was saved by U.S. goalkeeper Neeku Purcell. The rebound bounced through bodies inside the penalty box and landed in front of Fenna Meijer who finished low into the corner.
The Dutch took the lead in the 33rd as Liz Rijsbegen brought the ball up the right wing and crossed to the far post where Ziva Henry finished to make it 2-1.
The USA equalized in the 63rd minute off a lofted pass over the defense by forward Emily Colton that Shaw ran onto at the top of the penalty box. Shaw took a few touches before burying the ball in the upper left corner. It was her second goal in as many games and second of her U-20 career.
The USA made five of its seven kicks from the spot and the Netherlands made four of its seven, giving the USA two points per competition rules and the tournament title.
The teams were tied 4-4 through six kicks each when Jeva Walk missed the seventh for Holland. Midfielder Talia DellaPeruta stepped up and nailed the USA's seventh kick to give the young Americans the victory. The full USWNT also beat the Dutch in a penalty kick shootout recently, during the quarterfinal of the delayed 2020 Olympics in Japan.
The match served a preview of what awaits at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in August when the USA and Netherlands will square off in group play.
These matches were the final ones before U.S. head coach Tracey Kevins selects a roster for the World Cup which will be staged from Aug. 10-28 in Costa Rica.
#GoDuke
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