Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

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Match Report

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U.S. men bounce back with big Olympic win over New Zealand

The U.S. men's Olympic soccer team scored three times in 30 minutes in a crushing 4-1 victory over Group A rivals New Zealand in Marseille on Saturday to deliver a big boost to its hopes of making the knockout stages

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
46.8
Possession
53.2
22
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
365
Accurate Passes
409
415
Passes
473
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
43
28
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
9
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
6
19
Effective Clearances
15
19
Clearances
15

Highlights

01:04 U.S. men's soccer bounces back in style vs. New Zealand Watch on ESPN

Lineups

NZL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex PaulsenG
  2. 2Michael BoxallCD-L
  3. 5Finn SurmanCD-R
  4. 3Sam SuttonLB
  5. 4Tyler BindonRB
  6. 10Sarpreet SinghAM
  7. 6Joe BellLM
  8. 7Matthew GarbettRM
  9. 9Ben WaineF
  10. 14Jay HerdmanAM-L
  11. 17Lachlan BaylissAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Lukas Kelly-HealdSUB
  2. 12Kees SimsSUB
  3. 11Jesse RandallSUB
  4. 15Matthew SheridanSUB
  5. 16Fin ConchieSUB
  6. 18Oskar van HattumSUB
  7. 19William GillionSUB

USA · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Patrick SchulteG
  2. 12Miles RobinsonCD-L
  3. 3Walker ZimmermanCD-R
  4. 5John TolkinLB
  5. 2Nathan HarrielRB
  6. 8Tanner TessmannCM-L
  7. 6Gianluca BusioCM-R
  8. 11Paxten AaronsonLM
  9. 7Kevin ParedesRM
  10. 13Duncan McGuireF
  11. 14Djordje MihailovicRCF

Substitutes

  1. 10Taylor BoothSUB
  2. 15Benjamin CremaschiSUB
  3. 17Caleb WileySUB
  4. 4Maximilian DietzSUB
  5. 16Jack McGlynnSUB
  6. 18Gaga SloninaSUB
  7. 9Griffin YowSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! New Zealand U23 0, USA U23 1. Djordje Mihailovic (USA U23) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 12' Goal! New Zealand U23 0, USA U23 2. Walker Zimmerman (USA U23) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  3. 30' Goal! New Zealand U23 0, USA U23 3. Gianluca Busio (USA U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Paredes.
  4. 36' Substitution, USA U23. Jack McGlynn replaces Gianluca Busio because of an injury.
  5. 45'+2' Tanner Tessmann (USA U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, New Zealand U23. Jesse Randall replaces Jay Herdman.
  7. 45' Substitution, New Zealand U23. Oskar van Hattum replaces Lachlan Bayliss.
  8. 56' Substitution, USA U23. Maximilian Dietz replaces Djordje Mihailovic.
  9. 57' Substitution, USA U23. Griffin Yow replaces Duncan McGuire.
  10. 58' Goal! New Zealand U23 0, USA U23 4. Paxten Aaronson (USA U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Griffin Yow.
  11. 65' Sam Sutton (New Zealand U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 69' Substitution, USA U23. Benja Cremaschi replaces Nathan Harriel.
  13. 69' Substitution, USA U23. Taylor Booth replaces Kevin Paredes.
  14. 76' Substitution, New Zealand U23. Matthew Sheridan replaces Joe Bell.
  15. 76' Substitution, New Zealand U23. Lukas Kelly-Heald replaces Ben Waine.
  16. 78' Goal! New Zealand U23 1, USA U23 4. Jesse Randall (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matthew Garbett.
  17. 84' Substitution, New Zealand U23. William Gillion replaces Sarpreet Singh.

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