USAvITA November 20, 2010 - 1st leg of Concacaf/UEFA playoff for 2011 WWC

2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Playoff - First Leg
Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy
Scoring Summary:
94+ USA - Alex Morgan (Abby Wambach)
USA: 18-Nicole Barnhart; 2-Heather Mitts (16-Ali Krieger 75), 6-Amy LePeilbet, 3-Christie Rampone (capt), 4-Rachel Buehler; 9-Heather O’Reilly (12-Lauren Cheney, 62), 7-Shannon Boxx, 10-Carli Lloyd, 15-Megan Rapinoe; 8-Amy Rodriguez (5-Alex Morgan, 86), 17-Abby Wambach
Subs not used: 1-Jill Loyden, 11-Lori Lindsey, 13-Kristine Lilly, 14-Stephanie Cox
Head Coach: Pia Sundhage
ITA: 1-Ana Maria Picarelli; 3-Roberta D’Adda, 2-Raffaella Manieri, 6-Laura Neboli, 5-Elisabetta Tona; 7-Giulia Domenichetti, 11-Marta Carissimi (18-Pamela Conti, 93+), 8-Carolina Pini, 4-Alessia Tuttino; 10-Elisa Camporese, 9-Patrizia Panico (capt)
Subs not used: 12-Chiara Marchitelli 13-Viviana Schiavi, 14-Maria Sorvillo, 15-Tatiana Zorri, 16-Silvia Fuselli, 17-Evelyn Vicchiarello
Head Coach: Pietro Ghedin

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I remember this! This was when they lost to Mexico in the semifinals of the CONFACAF qualifying tournament and had to win the 3rd place game just to get into this playoff, which they did. I always thought Pia, as good as she was, held back Alex a lot at the beginning of her career in the USWNT. Like, can you imagine how different things would had been if she was in the squad during the qualifying tournament? They probably wouldn't have been in this position to begin with, even though one of their biggest problems was how inconsistent the backline was at times, which led to their problem against Mexico. I remember this match was on ESPN3 in the states, which meant I couldn't watch it when it originally aired, so thank you for posting this!