2005 IFWLA World Cup Game Recaps Saturday, June 25, 2005 SCOTLAND 14, CZECH REPUBLIC 2 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Valerie Houston scored three of her game-high four goals during a 10-0 run that sandwiched halftime as Scotland ran away to a 14-2 Pool B victory over the Czech Republic at the 2005 IFWLA World Cup at Navy's Glenn Warner Field. Scotland improves to 2-0, while the Czech Republic drops to 1-2. After a 1-1 tie, Christine Russell began Scotland's run with an unassisted goal at 19:34. Amanda McKie netted a solo marker, and Player of the Match Katherine Moir, who caused two turnovers, scored from Jane Gardiner before Houston began her exploits. She scored unassisted three times, including the first goal of the second half, as the Czech Republic was unable to rebound. Czech Republic's drought lasted 25:43. Kate Boxer scored three goals, and McKie added a goal and four assists to aid Scotland's cause. Scotland commanded a 32-12 advantage in shots. The Czech Republic is idle until a 5 p.m. Monday game with Germany. Scotland and Japan will draw in a key Pool B game at 5 p.m. Sunday. UNITED STATES 15, CANADA 7 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The United States overcame a slow start to defeat Canada 15-7 in a Pool A game on Friday evening in the IFWLA World Cup. Canada led 2-1 early and it was 2-2 midway through the first half before the United States closed the half on a 3-0 run to take a 5-2 halftime lead. Crysti Foote scored for Canada to open the second half to make it 5-3, but the U.S. then scored six straight goals to put the game away. "Sue (Stahl) called a timeout and she was like everyone just needs to calm down and we did that," said U.S. midfielder Lauren Aumiller. "We didn't think about it, we just went out there and played our game. We started running the ball and our fast breaks well and that definitely helped out in the end." Quinn Carney led the U.S. with six goals and an assist to earn player of the match honors for the second time in the tournament. Aumiller added five goals for the U.S., including two of the last three goals of the first half and two more during the 6-0 run in the second half. Foote led Canada with four goals and Jessica Brownridge added two goals and two assists. The U.S. improved to 3-0 for the tournament with the victory and will face archrival Australia (2-0) on Sunday at 2 p.m. The U.S. can clinch the top seed from Pool A with a victory. Australia has outscored its first two opponents 32-6, including a 17-2 victory over Canada on Friday. "That was their first game and they played well and maybe Canada didn't have a great day," said Aumiller. "You can only really tell how Australia is going to be when we play them tomorrow. We'll have a good game plan in action, so we'll see what happens." Canada (1-2) is idle on Sunday and wraps up pool play against England on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. AUSTRALIA 15, ENGLAND 4 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Kate McHarg, Jen Adams and Casey Magor keyed an 11-0 run that spanned both halves as Australia turned a 3-2 deficit into a 13-3 lead on their way to a 15-4 Pool A win over England today at the 2005 IFWLA World Cup at Glenn Warner Field. Australia improves to 2-0, while England falls to 0-2. After Alisa Stott scored two goals to help England go up early, 3-2, Adams tied the game with an unassisted marker at 18:14. McHarg and Magor then tallied with 38 seconds of each other to put Australia ahead for good. Sonia Judd and Tess McLeod also scored to give the Australians a 7-3 halftime lead. The second half featured more of the same. McHarg scored twice more during the run, and Adams and Magor also tallied to help put the game away. The Australian defense held England scoreless for 36:28 and allowed England to get off just 11 shots for the game. Australia was successful on 15 of 18 clear attempts. Rachana Shetty recorded eight saves for England, which squares off against Wales at 11 a.m. Sunday. Australia will meet the United States following that game. JAPAN 26, NEW ZEALAND 1 ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Akiko Wada had six goals and three assists as Japan defeated New Zealand 26-1 in a Pool B game on Saturday morning at the 2005 IFWLA World Cup. Japan improved to 3-0 and New Zealand fell to 0-2. Kana Uwai also had six goals for Japan and Sachio Yamada had five goals and two assists. Japan goalies Ayuko Toyoda and Maki Nishimura combined for six saves while allowing just one goal. Natalie Turner scored the lone goal for New Zealand. Japan plays Scotland on Sunday at 5 p.m. and can clinch the top seed out of Pool B with a victory. New Zealand plays Germany on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. World Cup Game Recap Archive • Friday, June 24 • Thursday, June 23