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Match Review NED - USA 4-1

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The Netherlands made it three wins from three matches at the Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy in London, with 2015 FIH Player of the Year Lidewij Welten scoring twice in a 4-1 victory over USA. The triumph ensured that it was a day of double celebration for Oranje Head Coach Alyson Annan, the legendary Australian international who was also celebrating her 43rd birthday.

The reigning World and Olympic champions continued their excellent form at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre with a dominant performance against the Pan American champions, who were missing team captain Lauren Crandall through injury. The Dutch needed just four minutes to open the scoring, with Kitty van Male getting a crucial touch in the circle to guide a cross into the net before Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel made the score 2-0 before the end of the first quarter. Although Kelsey Kolojejchick pulled a goal back for USA with a 24th minute penalty corner, a double strike from Welten put the result beyond all doubt to move the Dutch onto nine points and remain at the top of the standings.

"There is still a lot to improve”, said Welten after the match. "It's not about being there already but getting there and making every game much better. In the first game we got a lot of corners and made them but now you see that we are making our field chances as well.”

USA defender Rachel Dawson said: “The Dutch are a great team and I think we went out there and learned a lot today, not just about them but also about ourselves. I don’t like to say whether we are happy or sad with the performance as I think we prefer to examine the game objectively so we know what can be improved. For us, it is a case of one match, one moment, one detail.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
NED	4	4	van MALE Kitty	FG	1 - 0
NED	10	9	DIRKSE van den HEUVEL Carlien	FG	2 - 0
USA	24	7	KOLOJEJCHICK Kelsey	PC	2 - 1
NED	28	12	WELTEN Lidewij	FG	3 - 1
NED	43	12	WELTEN Lidewij	FG	4 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
NED	11	9	DIRKSE van den HEUVEL Carlien	G
USA	53	18	KASOLD Michelle	G

NED

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	SOMBROEK Joyce
3	3	de WAARD Xan
X	4	van MALE Kitty	1
X	7	BOS Willemijn
3	8	KEETELS Marloes
X	9	DIRKSE van den HEUVEL Carlien	1	1
X	10	JONKER Kelly
X	11	VERSCHOOR Maria
X	12	WELTEN Lidewij	2
3	13	van MAASAKKER Caia
3	14	SCHOENAKER Jacky
6	16	van der POLS Michelle
X	17	PAUMEN Maartje
X	18	van AS Naomi
5	19	HOOG Ellen
X	23	van GEFFEN Margot
X	24	de GOEDE Eva
Bench	30	VEENENDAAL Anne

USA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	2	FEE Stefanie
X	5	GONZALEZ Melissa
Bench	6	WIDDALL Alesha
X	7	KOLOJEJCHICK Kelsey	1
X	8	DAWSON Rachel
3	9	VITTESE Michelle
3	10	WITMER Jill
X	12	REINPRECHT Julia
9	13	WOLD Emily
X	14	REINPRECHT Katie
X	16	BAM Katie
X	18	KASOLD Michelle		1
X	23	FALGOWSKI Katelyn
X	24	SHARKEY Kathleen
Bench	27	CRANDALL Lauren
8	28	VAN SICKLE Caitlin
6	29	MANLEY Alyssa
X	31	BRIGGS Jackie

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	YAMADA Emi
Umpire 2	JOUBERT Michelle
Reserve Umpire	BLOCK Frances
Video Umpire	WILLOX Annabelle
Judge 1	VILCHEZ Emilia
Judge 2	SCHWEDE Sonja
Technical Officer	PENNYCOOK Jo