2002 Women's U.S. Cup

2002 Women's U.S. Cup

Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	29 September - 9 October, 2002
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.

Matches

United States  v  Russia

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

Italy  v  Russia

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

United States  v  Australia

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

Australia  v  Russia

October 6, Sunday Round-robin	Australia	2 – 0[6]	Russia	Cary, North Carolina
11:30am ET	Golebiowski  12' Peters  43'			Stadium: SAS Soccer Park

United States  v  Italy

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

Australia  v  Italy

October 9, Wednesday Round-robin	Australia	0 – 1[8]	Italy	Cary, North Carolina
7:30pm ET			Camporese  9l+'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 364

Final placing

Rank	Team	Matches				Goals		Points [1]
		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

Goal scorers

Position	Player	Goals
1	Brandi Chastain	3
	Natalia Barbachina
	Cindy Parlow
2	Mia Hamm	2
3	Elisa Camporese	1
	Joy Fawcett
	Kelly Golebiowski
	Rita Guarino
	Kristine Lilly
	Shannon MacMillan
	Heather O'Reilly
	Joanne Peters
	Aly Wagner

References

1. "8th US Cup 2002 (Women's Tournament)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. "U.S. Soccer Announces Opponents, Dates & Venues for 2002 Nike U.S. Women's Cup". U.S.Soccer.
3. "U.S. Downs Russia 5-1 In Nike U S Women's Cup Opener". U.S.Soccer.
4. "Russia Defeats Italy 2-1 In Nike U S Women's Cup". U.S.Soccer.
5. "Parlow Scores Twice To Lead U S Women Over Australia 4-0 In Nike U S Women's Cup". U.S.Soccer.
6. "Australia Downs Russia 2-0 In Nike U S Women's Cup". U.S.Soccer.
7. "U.S. Clinches 2002 Nike U.S. Women's Cup With 4-0 Win Over Italy". U.S.Soccer.
8. "Despite 1-0 Loss To Italy On A Stoppage Time Goal Australia Finishes Second In 2002 Nike U.S. Women's Cup". U.S.Soccer.