European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars and stripes Page 33 Wambach Heady play keeps women surging the associated press Cleveland the soc cer team  find a Way to score against China until Abby Wambach leaped into Wambach scored twice on head ers in the second half to give the ranked 1 in the a 20 win saturday this was a difficult game for coach Greg Ryan he attributed a Flat first 60 min utes to the effects of a rigorous training regimen before the match the first in a six game exhibition series for the United states leading up to the world cup in september in while other players were a bit Wambach Energy level seemed to Rise in the final 30 min Abby is just so Ryan she to going to find a find a what separates her from other for wards in the world is her desire and drive to get it Wambach out jumped goalkeeper Zhang Yanaru in the penalty area in the 67th minute to convert a looping free kick from 35 Yards by Captain Kristine the Ball off the Back of Wambach head and just inside the near we were a step off and slow to get Wambach but weve worked hard on set i believe set pieces Are what will win or lose the world in the 88th Wambach scored on another set div ing headlong to redirect a Corner kick from Stephanie Lopez into her seventh goal of the year and 73rd in 91 career Shes two behind Cindy Parlow for fifth on the americans Al time it was the 17th Multi goal game of Wambach career and helped the americans extended their Tea record unbeaten Streak in regulation time to 42 the is 3407 since Ryan took Over the program in March 2005 the last loss to Germany in the championship game of the 2006 Algarme cup on penalty kicks after a scoreless since that team Usa is the was without starting goalkeeper Hope who re late goal earns Crew tie with revolution the associated press ale Jandro Moreno scored on a diving header in the 85th minute to help the Columbus Crew Salvage a 33 tie with the new England revolution on saturday night in major league Robbie Rogers and Guillermo Barros schelotto had first half goals for the 032 on the Road this season and 146 Rookie striker Adam Cristina scored twice and Pat Noonan added a goal in the first half to help new England 524 take a 32 new England played without striker Taylor mid fielder Steve Ralston and defender Michael All with the team that beat Panama 21 earlier saturday in Foxborough in the Gold cup co Lumbus defender Frankie Hejduk also is playing for the United states in the Gold red bulls wizards 3 Juan Pablo Angel scored his second goal of the game on a penalty kick in the 90th minute to give new York the tie with visiting Kansas a former Star with Aston Villa of the English Premier league who joined the red bulls last beat wizards goal keeper Kevin Hartman on the penalty kick after Jose Burciaga pulled Down new York Forward John Wolyniec in the the red bulls 633 took a 20 Lead in the first 15 but Kansas City 722 rallied to 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bounced off Cooke and into the Corner of the Galindo scored later in the Jesse Marsch fed who turned and raced past rapids de fender Brandon Prideaux some 40 Yards from Galindo slipped unmarked into the penal Tearea and knocked a 15yard shot past Colorado Bouna coun turned Home to because her died thursday the americans wore Black armbands in his Briana one of the he roes of the 1999 world cup championship started in goal but was rarely tested As the con trolled the Ball i thought about Hope All Scurry in my this game was for her Scurry took All of 2005 off after her died on fathers Day two weeks be fore she played every minute of the americans Goldmedal win Ning performance in the olym Scurry stopped All three of Chi Nas shots on goal to record her 75th career the improved to 802 this including three victories Over ranked Lith in the which had gone undefeated in four games since former swedish National team coach Marika took Over in the mounted Only mis scoreboard Eastern conference 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take place before thursday nights semifinal at Soldier Field in Chi Cago against which was impressive in beating Guatemala 30 in saturdays first quarterfinal at Gillette i thought they were very organized Bradley in sundays quarterfinals at Honduras plays Guadeloupe and Mexico meets Costa Donovan scored on a penalty kick in the 60th minute and car los Bocanegra connected in the with 32 Donovan moved within two of Eric Wynalda career it was the 10th Gold cup goal for who moved ahead of Wynalda into second place in the tournaments two behind Mexico Luis Roberto i dont want to downplay it be its Dono Van but in the context of whats going on with the it pales in Donovan also scored on a penalty kick in injury time in last tues Days win Over Al Salvador in group that gave the United states a 20 Lead and but the defending Champion who jumped from 29th to 16th in the latest fifa need to improve on Fin Ishing their scoring in the first half Taylor Twellman missed three Good port unities and Donovan said he had two great it was just one of those but we won so who really cares said a member of the new England revolution of mls who was playing on his Home Bias Perez scored for 57thranked which lost to the United states on penalty kicks in the 2005 final of the Gold the championship of North and Central America and the car Perezs goal was the first Al Lowed by the United states in this years the Ameri cans Are seeking their fourth Gold cup Donovan took an excellent pass from Clint Dempsey to set up penalty Carlos Rivera ran up Donovan Back and wrapped his arms around him in the penalty Donovan scored on a Low shot to the right As goalkeeper Jaime Penedo went in the other i knew when Clint served me the Ball and i got inside of Riv he was either going to have to let me go or foul Donovan Panama coach Alexandre Guimaraes complained about ref Eree Neil Brizan of Trinidad and j he called the penalty against us 30 meters away from the Guimaraes we had two very Clear especially at the end of the game when there was a hand Ball by the United but no Call was