Utah 4 San Lorenzo 1 (Friday, March 21)

Game Report

Lineup:
Goalkeeper: Emalee Rogers (Amy Edman played the second half)
Defenders: Nicole Cardon, Amanda Sanchez, Christine Quinn, Jena Roberts
Midfielders: Kiley Jones, Kelly Iseib, Katy Reineke
Forwards: Lauren Hair, Erin Dalley, Jen Christoffers

Substitutions: Melissa Crespo, Addie Hair, Chelsea Card, Danielle Sample, Paola Marsenaro, Katie Brower

Did not play: Morgan Skeen, Alyssa Toomey (injured)

Goals:

13' Lauren Hair
37' San Lorenzo
45' Katy Reineke
79' Paola Marsenaro (Erin Dalley, Katy Reineke)
86' Erin Dalley (Chelsea Card, Paola Marsenaro)


The Utah women's soccer team ended their South American tour with a hard fought 4-1 win over Argentine 1st Division Club, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Friday afternoon. Katy Reineke scored the game-winner just one minute before half-time. And Paola Marsenaro and Erin Dalley scored late goals to break open a tight game. The game was very physical as five yellow cards where handed out. The Utes finished with three wins in three games on the tour and will head home on Sunday after the week-long trip.

The Utes scored first in the 13th minute when Lauren Hair corralled a miscleared ball at the top of the eighteen yard box and side-stepped a defender before slotting past the San Lorenzo goal keeper for a 1-0 lead. The score was nearly doubled three minutes later as a great Utah passing sequence started with Katy Reineke switching a long pass to Hair on the right wing. She dribbled to the end line, put on a nice move, and crossed the ball to Dalley who put it over an open net as the ball took a weird hop for her. Dalley put on a beautiful move in the 34th minute to free herself for a cross that Jen Christoffers headed over the goal.

The hosts tied the score in the 37th when a long shot was rifled towards Ute goalkeeper, Emalee Rogers, who made a fantastic effort to tip the ball off the post. Unfortunately, a San Lorenzo forward got to the rebound first and fired it into the net to make it 1-1. Katy Reineke seized momentum heading into half time as she scored on a beautiful curling shot with her right foot into the upper corner right to give the Utes a 2-1 lead at the break.

In the second half, both teams created chances and the outcome was not decided until late. In the 57th minute, Kelly Isleib broke down the San Lorenzo defense on a short free kick from outside the boss but shot over the bar. In the 67th, Reineke had a good look from a free kick at the top of the boss. In the 76th, Ute goalkeeper, Amy Edman, did well to come off her line and block a shot from 16 yards out after a Ute giveway in the back spelled trouble for the visitors.

Finally, the Utes got a cushion as Paola Marsenaro stuck home a rebound of her own shot in the 79th minute. The sequence started with Katy Reineke crossing the ball to Erin Dalley in the middle, who laid it down to Marsenaro. She ripped a hard shot that the goalkeeper parried. Finally, she got a hold of the rebound and slammed it home for the 3-1.

And Erin Dalley added some icing on the cake as she slipped home a slow rolling shot just past the San Lorenzo goalie and into the near post with just four minutes to go for the final score.

The game was played under international substitution rules with no re-entry.

Quote:
Rich Manning: "Today was a great test for our team. San Lorenzo had an impressive group of skillful and competitive players that really disrupted our rhythm. Our team had to deal with a strict referee and a lot of gamesmanship and, for the most part, I thought they dealt with it well. The result was in question for most of the second half at 2-1 and I was pleased to see the team keep pressing until we got the insurance goals late."