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The USA Women’s National Team rallied from an early 2-0 deficit and multiple one-goal deficits for an 8-6 win over the Netherlands at Loyola Marymount University.\u00a0Maddie Musselman<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA\/UCLA\/CDM Aquatics) scored two goals in the win with\u00a0Ashleigh Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Miami, FL\/Princeton\/NYAC) and\u00a0Gabby Stone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(La Jolla, CA\/Stanford\/SD Shores) combining in net for six saves. Team USA returns to action on Tuesday<\/span><\/span> night against China at Foothill High School in Tustin, CA at 7:30pm pt<\/span><\/span>. The match will also serve as a celebration for the retirement of Olympic champ\u00a0Courtney Mathewson<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Tickets are available by\u00a0clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Live streaming is available at Facebook.com\/USAWP and YouTube.com\/USAWP with live stats at TheFOSH.net. To watch a replay of the USA-Netherlands match,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands started off strong opening up a 2-0 lead before the United States rallied with two straight goals from Musselman and\u00a0Kiley Neushul<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Isla Vista, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC) to tie the game at 2-2. The Netherlands added a goal not long after and held a one goal lead going into second.<\/p>\n

Late in the first half Lizette Rozeboom scored for the Netherlands to make it 4-2 but\u00a0Jordan Raney<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Manhattan Beach, CA\/Stanford\/Huntington Beach WP) got the deficit to one by halftime with a tally. Musselman opened the scoring in the third to tie the game at 4-4 but Maud Megens hit for the Netherlands to go in front 5-4 after three.<\/p>\n

The teams traded goals through the first part of the fourth quarter leading to a tie game at 6-6 with a little over four minutes to play. The USA defense then held the Netherlands scoreless while\u00a0Makenzie Fischer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Laguna Beach, CA\/Stanford\/SET) and\u00a0Rachel Fattal<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Seal Beach, CA\/UCLA\/SOCAL) added goals to retake the lead and secure the game.<\/p>\n

Team USA went 4\/10 on power plays and did not attempt a penalty while the Netherlands went 2\/6 on power plays and 1\/1 on penalties.<\/p>\n

Scoring –\u00a0Scoresheet<\/a>
\nUSA 8 (2, 1, 1, 4) M. Musselman 2, M. Seidemann 1, R. Fattal 1, J. Raney 1, M. Steffens 1, M. Fischer 1, K. Neushul 1
\nNED 6 (3, 1, 1, 1) V. Sevenich 2, S. van der Sloot 2, M. Megens 1, L. Rozeboom 1
\nSaves – USA – A. Johnson 4, G. Stone 2 – NED – L. Aarts 7, D. Willemz 3
\n6×5 – USA – 4\/10 – NED 2\/6
\nPenalties – USA – 0\/0 – NED 1\/1<\/p>\n

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