Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | 29 September – 9 October |
Teams | 4 (from 3 confederations) |
The eighth Women's U.S. Cup tournament held in 2002, were joined by four teams: Australia, Italy, Russia and USA. [1] [2] This was the last Women's U.S. Cup.
September 29, Sunday Round-robin | United States | 5–1 [3] | Russia | Uniondale, New York |
4:00pm ET | Chastain 25' Parlow 31' Hamm 59', 62' Wagner 64' | Barbachina 84' | Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 4322 |
October 2, Wednesday Round-robin | Italy | 1–2 [4] | Russia | Cary, North Carolina |
5:00pm ET | Guarino 28' | Barbachina 62', 92+' | Stadium: SAS Soccer Park |
October 2, Wednesday Round-robin | United States | 4–0 [5] | Australia | Cary, North Carolina |
7:30pm ET | Chastain 23' (pk) Parlow 34', 58' MacMillan 74' | Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 2661 |
October 6, Sunday Round-robin | Australia | 2–0 [6] | Russia | Cary, North Carolina |
11:30am ET | Golebiowski 12' Peters 43' | Stadium: SAS Soccer Park |
October 6, Sunday Round-robin | United States | 4–0 [7] | Italy | Cary, North Carolina |
2:00pm ET | Lilly 64' O'Reilly 69' Fawcett 73' Chastain 78' | Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 3144 |
October 9, Wednesday Round-robin | Australia | 0–1 [8] | Italy | Cary, North Carolina |
7:30pm ET | Camporese 9l+' | Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 364 |
Rank | Team | Matches | Goals | Points [1] | ||||
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Played | Win | Draw | Loss | Scored | Against | |||
1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
4 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
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