The U.S. Women's National Team put together an excellent second half and scored twice after the break through Carli Lloyd and Sydney Leroux to record a 2-0 victory against China PR in the eighth match of the 2012 Fan Tribute Tour, presented by Panasonic.
A crowd of 17,371 at Ford Field roared its approval as the USA moved to 26-1-3 in 2012. The match was the 12th all-time played indoors by the U.S. Women who have a perfect 12-0-0 record under a roof.
Forward Alex Morgan, who started on the bench for the first time since Jan. 27 against Costa Rica at the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, B.C. (a span of 25 straight starts), came into the game at halftime for Amy Rodriguez and had several good scoring chances. However, it was her assist to Leroux in the 84th minute that made history as she notched her 20th of 2012. Along with her 28 goals so far that assist made her just the second player in U.S. history to score at least 20 goals and record 20 assists in a calendar year. Mia Hamm was the first – and before Saturday the only – player to achieve that feat, doing so in 1998 when she had exactly 20 goals and 20 assists.
USA – Carli Lloyd (Tobin Heath) 50th minute
USA – Sydney Leroux (Alex Morgan) 84
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