China vs United States- Women's Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 Hague Pool B [06/6/2014]

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At the start of day 6, group B of the Women's draw looked delicately poised with the top 4 teams all equal on 4 points. The early match of day 6 pitted two of these rivals against one another with the chance to go top of the table - China v United States.

It was United States who looked to gain the early advantage and their attacking intent was rewarded with two early goals. The first came inside the first five minutes after a brilliant individual run by Gonzalez who fed the ball in to Katie O'Donnell who in turn finished high into the net. It took just five more minutes for the second goal to come, with another bit of individual skill from the Americans unlocking the Chinese defence, this time Michelle Vitesse making space for the shot at the edge of the box and firing impressively from range. The Americans weren't finished there though and to cap off a fine first half performance, 5 minutes before the end of the half the Americans scored a lovely counter attacking goal, Selenski leading the break-away and firing across goal into Katie O'Donnell who couldn't miss from a yard out.

The second half saw the Americans pile on the pressure with wave after wave of attacks, but it took 20 minutes before they made the pressure tell - Rachael Dawson's powerful effort getting the faintest of touches from O'Donnell on the way in to give her a hattrick and the Americans an unassailable lead. The rout was complete when Kolo.

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    China vs United States- Women's Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 Hague Pool B [06/6/2014]

    At the start of day 6, group B of the Women's draw looked delicately poised with the top 4 teams all equal on 4 points. The early match of day 6 pitted two of these rivals against one another with the chance to go top of the table - China v United States.

    It was United States who looked to gain the early advantage and their attacking intent was rewarded with two early goals. The first came inside the first five minutes after a brilliant individual run by Gonzalez who fed the ball in to Katie O'Donnell who in turn finished high into the net. It took just five more minutes for the second goal to come, with another bit of individual skill from the Americans unlocking the Chinese defence, this time Michelle Vitesse making space for the shot at the edge of the box and firing impressively from range. The Americans weren't finished there though and to cap off a fine first half performance, 5 minutes before the end of the half the Americans scored a lovely counter attacking goal, Selenski leading the break-away and firing across goal into Katie O'Donnell who couldn't miss from a yard out.

    The second half saw the Americans pile on the pressure with wave after wave of attacks, but it took 20 minutes before they made the pressure tell - Rachael Dawson's powerful effort getting the faintest of touches from O'Donnell on the way in to give her a hattrick and the Americans an unassailable lead. The rout was complete when Kolo

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    China vs United States- Women's Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 Hague Pool B [06/6/2014]

    At the start of day 6, group B of the Women's draw looked delicately poised with the top 4 teams all equal on 4 points. The early match of day 6 pitted two of these rivals against one another with the chance to go top of the table - China v United States.

    It was United States who looked to gain the early advantage and their attacking intent was rewarded with two early goals. The first came inside the first five minutes after a brilliant individual run by Gonzalez who fed the ball in to Katie O'Donnell who in turn finished high into the net. It took just five more minutes for the second goal to come, with another bit of individual skill from the Americans unlocking the Chinese defence, this time Michelle Vitesse making space for the shot at the edge of the box and firing impressively from range. The Americans weren't finished there though and to cap off a fine first half performance, 5 minutes before the end of the half the Americans scored a lovely counter attacking goal, Selenski leading the break-away and firing across goal into Katie O'Donnell who couldn't miss from a yard out.

    The second half saw the Americans pile on the pressure with wave after wave of attacks, but it took 20 minutes before they made the pressure tell - Rachael Dawson's powerful effort getting the faintest of touches from O'Donnell on the way in to give her a hattrick and the Americans an unassailable lead. The rout was complete when Kolo

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    'China and South Africa looked to keep their semi-final hopes alive in the last Pool B game of Sunday at the 2014 Rabobank Women's Hockey World Cup.

    China started brightly and made it 1-0 in the 7th minute when Liang Meiyu converted a penalty corner. Despite having the majority of the possession, South Africa went 2-0 behind when a defensive lapse by Marcelle Manson allowed Mengrong Wu to score a deflection.

    South Africa began a comeback in the 42nd minute when Kelly Madsen finished with a half volley effort to take the score to 2-1. However, the quality of China prevailed and 19 year old Wang Na scored in the 54th minute to increase the lead to 3-1. Bernadette Coston pulled another goal back for South Africa in the 63rd minute, and three minutes later the comeback was complete when Pietie Coetzee struck from a penalty corner. The game was not over, however, as China executed a penalty corner to go 4-3 up through Wang Mengyu with two minutes remaining to end South Africa's dreams of a semi-final place.

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    Both teams started the game patiently and it took until the 25th minute for Argentina to go 1-0 with Carla Rebecchi scoring after a scramble in front of goal. China couldn't reply before the half time hooter and Argentina took the lead into the break.

    The second half started similarly to the first, but in the 59th minute China scored with their first shot on target with Yang Peng shooting powerfully into the top of the goal. Neither team could find a winner and Argentina secured second place in Pool B and will face the Netherlands in the semi-finals.

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    'The last game of day 3 of the Rabobank Women's Hockey World Cup was a local derby between host nation Netherlands and Belgium.

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    The Dutch made another fantastic start in the second half and Roos Drost raced clear into the D but her shot was saved easily. It didn't take long for the next goal as Maartje Paumen struck home a penalty stroke in the 44th minute to take the score to 3-0. The Netherlands were running rampant and Roos Drost finally got her goal to make it 4-0 five minutes later. Belgium came close to a consolation goal through Charlotte De Vos, but the Dutch girls comfortably saw out the rest of the game and recorded their second win of the tournament.

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    India started the more positively and patiently put pressure on the Malaysian defence, and went 1-0 from a penalty corner finished by Jasjit Singh Kular in the 14th minute. India continued to dominate the game but couldn't add to the one goal lead and went into the break at 1-0.

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    '1st Half, and straight after kick off Argentina nearly took the lead when Mazzilli made a great run into the D and unleashed his shot towards goal but this went over the bar. Soon after the goal came, and it was a mistake by South Africa's defence and goalkeeper when along ball came through from the Argentinian defence and Joaquin Menini was on hand to capitalise on the South African mistake. Argentina, in control of the game, doubled their lead soon after when the top goal scorer Gonzalo Peillat was handed a Penalty Corner and although he couldn't find a way to convert his drag-flick, a scramble in the D enabled Peillat to receive the ball again and he made sure to make it count. It was 2-0 Argentina at the break.

    2nd Half, and Argentina started the half as the ended it when Lucas Villa got his name on the score sheet, producing a good finish. However South Africa did get a consolation goal, producing one of the goals of the tournament when Clinton Panther executed some fantastic skill to dribble the ball round the Argentinian defenders and slide the ball through the keeper and into the corner of the net. Great goal but it wasn't enough to start a comeback and this was all over when Lucas Villa produced some brilliant skill to work his way into the D and unleash a fierce shot, ending the game 5-1, putting Argentina into the Semi-Finals of the Hockey World Cup.

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    England made a fantastic start and opened the scoring through Alistair Brogdon's blistering strike in just the 5th minute. England came close to a second in the 15th minute when Barry Middleton's shot hit the post, and then managed to survive a few defensive lapses to reach half time with their 1-0 lead intact.

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