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State duo leads U.S. to title in Spain PDF Print E-mail
By Eric Anderson   
Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:45 PM

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UW-Milwaukee forward Sarah Hagen (Appleton North) came off the bench to score the equalizer in the 79th minute and set up the 83rd-minute winner by Sky Blue FC midfielder Casey Nogueira (Cedarburg) as the U.S. Under-23 women's national team stunned Norway 3-2 Tuesday to win the Four Nations Tournament in La Manga, Spain.

The Americans trailed 2-0 at halftime and into the final 20 minutes before scoring three times in 13 minutes to pull out the victory and the championship.

Melissa Henderson started the comeback for the U.S. in the 71st, and Hagen tied it with a header from 9 yards out off a cross from Meghan Klingenberg. It was Hagen's third goal in as many matches at the tournament.

Four minutes later, Hagen, who entered the game in the 50th minute, won a tackle and played a through ball to Nogueira on the left side of the box. Nogueira cut inside and fired a shot past Norwegian goalkeeper Ane Fimreite inside the right post.

Nogueira had two goals and an assist in three games in Spain. The U.S. scored eight goals in the tournament; Hagen and Nogueira either scored or assisted on six of them.

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