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Carli Lloyd has hat trick, U.S. women rout Haiti 8-0
Haitians seldom managed her first start for the U.S. as
to push the ball across mid- a central midfielder. Her
field. previous 68 starts came as
Becky Sauerbrunn made a central defender.q
United States’ Carli Lloyd, right and Haiti’s Jennifer Limage fight for the ball in the first half during
the US Women’s World Cup victory tour, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Birmingham, Ala.
Associated Press
JOHN ZENOR their home winning streak the final players cut from
AP Sports Writer the World Cup team.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — to 100 matches, going to Julie Johnston scored in
Carli Lloyd had her second the first minute to start the
straight three-goal game 88-0-12. They haven’t lost barrage. Amy Rodriguez,
to lead the United States to Alex Morgan and Heather
an 8-0 victory over Haiti on at home since falling to O’Reilly added second-
Sunday in a friendly. half goals.
Lloyd scored all three goals Denmark on Nov. 6, 2004, It was the Americans’ first
in the first half for her fifth match in Birmingham since
hat trick and second in during a post-Olympic cel- 2008, a 5-4 victory over
three days, then sat out Australia when the U.S.
the second half. She also ebratory tour. scored two own goals and
did it Thursday night in the nearly blew a 4-1 lead. The
first game against Haiti, Tougher competition crowd of 35,753 at Legion
which substituted for the Field was the largest to see
Australian team mired in a awaits with a pair of Octo- a standalone game in the
labor dispute. She has 16 Southeast.
goals this year, one more ber matches against Bra- The Americans have won
than her previous high set nine straight overall since
in 2012 and matched in zil in Seattle and Orlando, a 0-0 tie against Sweden
2014. in the group stage of the
Lloyd has 14 goals in her Florida. World Cup and are un-
last eight matches as the beaten in 20 matches (17-
Americans continue their Lloyd scored her third goal 0-3) since an exhibition loss
Women’s World Cup victo- at France in February.
ry tour that so far has been on a header in the 39th With a starting lineup that
a series of routs. included two 16-year-olds
The Americans pushed minute. She had just missed and three 17-year-olds, the
another first-half goal but
her shot off a corner kick
bounced off the cross
guard.
The U.S. has outscored Haiti
42-0 in six meetings.
Crystal Dunn’s goal in the
17th minute was her sec-
ond in the two games with
Haiti, also marking her first
two with the U.S. team.
Dunn, who led the NWSL
with 15 goals for the Wash-
ington Spirit, was among
