U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team falls to Germany 1-0

RHEINE, Germany (Via U.S. Soccer) – The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team fell to Germany 1-0 in the last of four friendly games in Europe that saw the USA defeat England twice in England while also beating Germany 2-1 on July 10 in Rheine.

In an even match that saw both teams create 10 shots, Germany got the game-winner in the 82^nd minute on a bit of a sloppy goal. Janina Minge crossed the ball into the penalty box and after a couple of deflections off players, the ball hit Giulia Gwinn in the midsection and bounced into the net.

On July 5, the USA defeated its counterparts from England 2-1 as Civana Kuhlmann and Ashley Sanchez scored. On July 7, the USA beat England again, this time 2-0, as Taylor Kornieck and Kuhlmann got the goals. The USA then traveled to Germany where it beat the Germans on goals from Abigail Kim and Sophia Smith.

This group of players are in the middle of the first year of a two-year cycle in which the USA will attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to be held in France.

– U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team Match Report –

Match: United States U-20 WNT vs. Germany U-20 WNT
Date: July 12, 2017
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: OBI-Arena; Rheine, Germany
Weather: 68 degrees; cloudy

Scoring Summary:   1          2          F
USA                              0          0          0
GER                             0          1          1

GER – Giulia Gwinn                82^nd minute

Lineups:
USA: 1-Laurel Ivory; 14-Karlie Paschall, 5-Samantha Hiatt, 17-Emily Fox, 3-Tierna Davidson (capt.) (2-Tara McKeown, 64), 6-Jaelin Howell, 25-Taylor Kornieck (16-Zoe Morse, 83), 8-Brianna Pinto (10-Viviana Villacorta, 46), 7-Civana Kuhlmann, 23-Ashley Sanchez (21-Abigail Kim, 64), 9-Sophia Smith (18-Parker Goins, 83)
Subs Not Used: 4-Naomi Girma, 12-Brooke Heinsohn, 13-Isabel Rodriguez, 15-Samantha Coffey, 19-Kelsey Turnbow, 20-Arlie Jones, 22-Mandy McGlynn, 24-Sophia Serafin
Head Coach: Jitka Klimkova

GER: 12-Vanessa Fischer (1-Lena Pauels, 46); 5-Lisa Schoppl, 4-Sophia Kleinherne, 2-Dina Orschmann, 13-Caroline Siems, 11-Anna Gerhardt (16-Luca Maria Graf, 46), 15-Tanja Pawollek, 7-Giulia Gwinn, 6-Janina Minge (capt.) (20-Kristin Kogel, 58), 19-Annalena Rieke (18-Ereleta Memeti, 46), 9-Klara Buhl (17-Giovanna Hoffmann, 72)
Subs Not Used: 3-Katja Orschmann, 8-Franziska Gieseke, 14-Janina Hechler, 16-Luca Maria Graf, 21-Leonie Doege, 23-Meret Wittje, 24-Nina Luhrben
Head Coach: Maren Meinert

Stats Summary: USA / GER
Shots: 10 / 10
Shots on Goal: 3 / 5
Saves: 4 / 3
Corner Kicks: 3 / 3
Fouls: 7 / 4
Offside: 5 / 1

Misconduct Summary:
None