Sorry forgot to post about Sept 7, 2009 GAME

Kate Ward making a throw in...

Virginia Keeler going after the Ball

Kelly O'Steen taking a Corner Kick and it went into the net after hitting the other Teams Player :o) Opps....

Anna Smither Heading the Ball


Team hugging Kate Ward after she made a GOALLLLL....

Game on Sept 7 vs. Denmark. WE WON 7 - 0.

Please forgive me for not posting this article that was written about us. We have our next game on Friday Sept. 11, 2009 at 9:30am. (EST 9:30pm Sept. 10, 2009) you can go online REALLY to http://www.usdeaflympics.org/ and see the LIVEBLOG....

Women's soccer creams Denmark
Team steps up game, wins 7-0, enters semifinals

by Sarah Segal on September 7, 2009

Ten minutes into the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s match against Denmark on Monday morning, Denmark appeared fatigued and ready to cash in its chips. The Americans pulverized them, 7-0, moving the U.S. to No. 8 in the world rankings and enabling them to advance to the semifinals.
In 4-5-1 formation, the U.S. women marched onto the field at 9:30 a.m., ready for battle.
The team’s formation today proved extremely profitable, head coach Ken McDonald said.
“The five midfielders go from attacking formation to defensive form in a split second,” he said. “That’s why it’s so difficult to beat us.”
Within the first four minutes of the game, forward Kelly O’Steen gained possession of the ball and swiftly passed it to forward Anna Smither. The ball then ricocheted between forwards Shaquana McDonough and Smither in Denmark’s offensive third until forward Felicia Schroeder took over and chipped the ball into the net, spurring jubilant Taiwanese and American fans to spring up from their seats with thunderous cheers and flags of red, white and blue.
The team’s momentum snowballed from there. Eleven minutes later, Schroeder intercepted the ball again, knocking it in to the right of the goalkeeper.
The brace by Schroeder set the tone for the remaining 90 minutes of the game. O’Steen continued to keep the pressure on the ball after her assist and, by halftime, with the score 4-0, she had scored her own brace. By the 83rd minute, O’Steen recorded her first hat trick of the Deaflympics with three of the seven American goals.
Thirty minutes into the first half, Schroeder pulled her groin and medics carried her off the field, raising the tension in the crowd of fans. But substituting offender Virginia Keeler and the rest of American offense allayed the fans’ fears by keeping the ball pressured in Denmark’s danger zone for the rest of the game, leaving American goalkeeper Jessica Zamichow with few opportunities to contribute.
“I barely did any work,” she said with a smile.
Although Zamichow denies having done much, she made a few close saves. A Denmark offender hit the top of the goalpost at 17:30, then less than a minute later nearly put the ball in before Zamichow dived for it.
The women continued their goal-scoring streak after halftime. Seven minutes in, Smither headed the ball to 15-year-old forward Katie Ward, who put it in from the right. Four minutes later, Virginia kicked in a ball over the standing goalkeeper, bringing the final score to 7-0.
The Danish offenders put up a good fight by keeping pressure on the ball throughout, and many of Denmark’s players had decent speed. However, those qualities alone could not outweigh the team’s inadequate defense or sluggish goalkeeper, who struggled to keep the goal area clear of American offenders.
The Americans kept a steady gait and received 20 corners; the quality of the crosses of the corners impressed McDonald, he said.
However, of the 20 corners, the team only scored two goals when they could “have gotten at least ten more,” he said.
McDonald said though he sees room for improvement, the women’s blowout was a gratifying experience for him.