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U.S. Women's National Team and Canada Set to Kickoff June 30

June 29, 2012 - Major League Soccer (MLS) Real Salt Lake

USA SET FOR SEND-OFF MATCH AGAINST CANADA ON NBC: The U.S. Women's National Team prepares for its final tune-up match for the 2012 London Olympics when it hosts Canada at 12 p.m. MT on Sunday, June 30, at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The match will be broadcast live on NBC, and fans can follow the match via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt. More than 13,500 tickets have been sold for the match at Rio Tinto, the home of Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake.

BEFORE AND AFTER: The USA is coming off victories against Sweden and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup champion Japan to win the Volvo Winners Cup in Halmstad, Sweden. Following the Canada match, the U.S. will have a nine-day break before heading to the U.K. for its pre-Olympic training camp. The Americans open their Olympic Games on July 25 - two days before the official Opening Ceremonies - with a huge clash against France at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

2012 U.S. WNT Schedule

Date Opponent Result/

Time (ET) U.S. Goalscorers/TV Venue

Jan. 20* Dominican Republic 14-0 W Wambach (2), Lloyd, Buehler, O'Reilly (3), Heath, Rodriguez (5), Cheney BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Jan. 22* Guatemala 13-0 W Wambach (2), Cheney, Rodriguez, Lloyd, Lindsey, Leroux (5), Rapinoe, Morgan BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Jan. 24* Mexico 4-0 W Lloyd (3), O'Reilly BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Jan. 27* Costa Rica 3-0 W Heath, Lloyd, Morgan BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Jan. 29* Canada 4-0 W Morgan (2), Wambach (2) BC Place, Vancouver, Canada

Feb. 11 New Zealand 2-1 W Morgan (2) FC Dallas Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Feb. 29^ Denmark 5-0 W Morgan (2), Wambach, Lloyd, Leroux Estadio Municipal; Lagos, Portugal

March 2^ Norway 2-1 W Wambach, Leroux Estadio Municipal; Lagos, Portugal

March 5^ Japan 0-1 L -- Estadio Algarve; Faro, Portugal

March 7^ Sweden 4-0 W Morgan (3), Wambach Estadio Bela Vista; Parchal, Portugal

April 1** Japan 1-1 T Morgan Yurtec Stadium; Sendai, Japan

April 3** Brazil 3-0 W Lloyd, Boxx, Rodriguez Fukuda Denshi Arena; Chiba, Japan

May 27 China PR 4-1 W Morgan (2), own goal, Wambach PPL Park; Chester, Pa.

June 16^^ Sweden 3-1 W Wambach, Morgan, Heath "rjans Vall Stadium; Halmstad, Sweden

June 18^^ Japan 4-1 W Morgan (2), Wambach (2) "rjans Vall Stadium; Halmstad, Sweden

June 30 Canada 2 p.m. NBC Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah

July 25~ France 12 p.m. Hampden Park; Glasgow, Scotland

July 28~ Colombia 12 p.m. Hampden Park; Glasgow, Scotland

July 31~ Korea DPR 12:15 p.m. Old Trafford; Manchester, England

* CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament

^ Algarve Cup

** Kirin Challenge Cup

^^ Volvo Winners Cup

~ 2012 London Olympics

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION - Detailed Roster

GOALKEEPERS (3): Nicole Barnhart, Jill Loyden, Hope Solo

DEFENDERS (7): Rachel Buehler, Meghan Klingenberg, Amy LePeilbet, Heather Mitts, Kelley O'Hara, Christie Rampone, Becky Sauerbrunn

MIDFIELDERS (7): Shannon Boxx, Tobin Heath, Lori Lindsey, Carli Lloyd, Heather O'Reilly, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Rodriguez

FORWARDS (4): Lauren Cheney, Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach

Olympic alternates in italics (note: Christen Press is also an alternate but is not this camp)

U.S. ROSTER NOTES:

Alex Morgan leads the U.S. WNT with 17 goals in 14 games and she has six multi-goal games this year. Following her two-goal effort en route to a 4-1 win against Japan on June 18, Morgan moved into a tie for 11th place on the all-time U.S. WNT list for goals scored in a calendar year with Shannon MacMillan (2002) and Abby Wambach (2006). Morgan's scoring clip is a rarity in U.S. Women's history. The last person to record double-digit goals at a rate of more than one goal per game during a calendar year was Mia Hamm, who had 18 goals in 16 games in 1997. Even Wambach, who is second on the USA's all-time goal scoring list, has not averaged one goal per game in any year. She has been close on several occasions, including her 20 goals in 21 games in 2007. Morgan notched a hat trick - the first of her career - to lead the U.S. past Sweden 4-0 on March 7 in the third-place match of the 2012 Algarve Cup. With that effort, Morgan became the 15th player in U.S. history to reach double figures in goals during a calendar year. Goalkeeper Hope Solo leads the team in minutes played with 1,215 in 14 starts in the net for an 11-1-1 record this year.

USA VS. CANADA SERIES

The U.S. extended its unbeaten streak to 25 games against Canada following its 4-0 victory on Jan. 29 in the title game of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament in Vancouver. Alex Morgan had two goals and assisted Abby Wambach's two goals. Wambach moved to No. 2 on the U.S. and world all-time scoring list with 130th and 131st career goals to move past former U.S. WNT teammate Kristine Lilly (130 goals). The USA is 42-3-5 overall against its neighbor to the north. Canada's last victory against the USA was a 3-0 win on March 11, 2001, in Lagos, Portugal. In 2011, Wambach carried the USA offense in two matches against Canada, netting two goals during a 3-0 win against on Sept. 22, preceded by her lone goal during a 1-1 draw on Sept. 17. Lindsay Tarpley tallied a game-winner on Jan. 23 during the USA's 2-1 victory over Canada during a trip to China that Wambach missed. In the only Olympics match between the U.S. and Canada, the USA came out on top with a 2-1 overtime victory in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Aug. 15. Natasha Kai tallied the game-winner in the 101st minute, Angela Hucles had the USA's other goal in the 12th minute and Christine Sinclair had Canada's lone goal in the 30th minute.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS

Following her two-goal performance against Japan on June 18, forward Alex Morgan moved into a 16th-place tie for goals scored with National Soccer Hall of Famer Joy Fawcett with 27 goals. Next up on the scoring list is Brandi Chastain's 30 goals. Morgan's 42 points this year (17 goals, eight assists) is the most since Abby Wambach had 45 points (20 goals, five assists) in 2007. Midfielder Heather O'Reilly moved into sole possession of ninth all-time on the USA's career assists board with 37, passing Michelle Akers (36). Midfielder Shannon Boxx moved into an eighth-place tie for career starts with Brandi Chastain with 160. If Boxx starts in the team's next match against Canada on June 30, she would move into a seventh-place tie with Carla Overbeck, who had 161 starts in 168 games. Boxx currently has 167 caps overall. Lauren Cheney contributed her 10th assist of the year during the win against Brazil in Japan in April, becoming the first player to reach double digits in that category since Heather O'Reilly and Wambach each posted a team-high 10 assists in 2008. The USA is 88-2-5 all-time when Wambach scores a goal. Captain Christie Rampone surpassed 20,000 minutes played for her career during the USA's 3-0 win against Brazil in the Kirin Challenge Cup on April 3. With 1,186 minutes logged this year, she now has 20,199 in her 14 years with the WNT. She is the fifth U.S. Women's player to reach such a feat, joining Kristine Lilly (28,700), Julie Foudy (21,669), Mia Hamm (20,694) and Joy Fawcett (20,527). Rampone made her 250th career international appearance during the USA's 2-1 victory against New Zealand on Feb. 11. Rampone (259 caps) ranks fourth all-time in U.S. WNT history, with Lilly (352), Hamm (275) and Foudy (271) ranking No. 1 through No. 3.

BY THE NUMBERS:

1 USA's FIFA ranking

5 Goals scored in a game by Sydney Leroux (Jan. 22, 2012), Amy Rodriguez (Jan. 20, 2012), Abby Wambach (Oct. 23, 2004), Tiffeny Milbrett (Nov. 2, 2002), Michelle Akers (Nov. 24, 1991) and Brandi Chastain (April 18, 1991)

6 Games this year in which Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan have both scored

7 Canada's FIFA ranking

7 Games this year in which Alex Morgan and Wambach both contributed at least one goal (7-0-0 record)

12 U.S. players who have scored a goal in 2012

25 The USA's current unbeaten streak against Canada in which the team is 21-0-4

56 The current unbeaten streak for the USA in domestic matches in which the team is 50-0-6

65 U.S. goals in 2012 through 15 games (this number does not factor in China's own goal)

194 Players who have earned a cap for the U.S. Women's National Team since the program's inception in 1985, the most recent being Whitney Engen, who earned her first cap against Norway at the Algarve Cup on March 4, 2011

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