GBR (2-2) 1 2 2 0 — 5
USA (0-3-1) 1 1 0 0 — 2
GBR: Sophie Hamilton, fg, 4th
USA: Abby Tamer (Ashley Hoffman, Maddie Zimmer), pc, 8th
GBR: Tess Howard (Lily Owsley), fg, 19th
GBR: Tess Howard (Sarah Robertson, Giselle Ansley), pc, 25th
USA: Abby Tamer, fg, 29th
GBR: Hannah French (Sophie Hamilton), fg, 35th
GBR: Sarah Jones (Howard, Robertson), fg, 39th
Shots — GBR: 6; USA: 10 Saves: GBR: Miriam Pritchard 7; USA: Kelsey Bing 1
POSTGAME That’s all for now; good day, good hockey
POSTGAME And like 12 years ago, Saturday’s game against South Africa will be to avoid being at the bottom of Pool B at this Olympics
POSTGAME One more chance for the United Eagles in their Olympic experience; this will be a day against which they will be measuring themselves for the next four years until Los Angeles 2028
POSTGAME The States did everything they could, attacking off the front foot, getting a pair of goals from Abby Tamer, and pulling the goalkeeper to try to get at least a point out of the game
FULL TIME The horn goes; Great Britain wins the game 5-2 and secures a top-four slot in Pool B and will start their medal hunt early next week; the U.S., with one point out of their first four matches, will not be in the knockout stage
59:05 Sarah Robertson feeds the ball into the middle and it almost deflects in for GB
58:00 A bit of helter-skelter play in the midfield; the U.S. trying to get circle penetration, but the experienced Team GB side is able to shut the Eagles down
57:10 VAR CHECK The United States is looking for a dangerous clearance from the goalkeeper; the referral is denied and the U.S. loses their right of further team referrals
57:00 Tamer looking for space and a proximity goal, but tackled off her stick; 23M free-in for the Eagles
55:50 The Lionesses possessing the ball in the offensive right-wing corner and are bleeding the clock
54:55 Sessa rounds the left side and tries a shot that goes wide!
54:00 Team GB bleeds the clock; is this a little early to do that?
53:47 The U.S. coaching staff is throwing the dice here; needing three goals to keep going in these Olympics, Kelsey Bing is pulled in favor of an 11th outfielder. As has been the case for some time in FIH play, the extra player does not have goalkeeper or “kicking back” privileges
52:33 Brooke DeBerdine rounds the left side and finds Sessa in the circle, but the ball is deflected wide of a yawning goal as Pritchard had left the goal line
48:40 GBR GREEN Sarah Jones is off for scything down Zimmer and will sit for two minutes; a dim ray of hope here?
47:45 USA PC Abby Tamer, who has had a number of chances of getting an Olympic hat trick, scuffs a shot which misses the cage
47:36 Howard bowls Sessa over from behind and GB concedes a cheap corner
46:30 Megan Valzonis takes the ball in on a 50-yard run and lances a backhander that Pritchard stops; that’s her seventh save thus far
45:00 Fourth quarter is under way; 15 minutes to determine the Eagles’ fate in this competition
END THIRD The horn sounds and Great Britain holds a commanding 5-2 win after that brace in the third. This game can turn so quickly when you think you have momentum
42:30 Amanda Golini’s hopeful ball cannot find Gladieux, who might have had an open chance from about nine yards
40:31 GBR PC The Lionesses run a variation which deflects over the endline for a 23M free-in
40:25 GBR PC Low shot goes off the body of Hoffman; we’ll reset
40:19 VAR CHECK The question is whether there is a dangerous play in the circle on the U.S.; the ball was deflected off the U.S. stick and almost right into Hoffman’s face. A penalty corner is the result
38:24 USA PC Ashley Hoffman tries to run the Hi-Lo to Ashley Sessa, the inserter, but the ball squirts over the end line; 16Y for Team GB
38:03 GBR GOAL Sarah Jones is on the spot here, taking a lateral pass and batting it into the mesh, making the Great Britain lead three; is this quarter to be the dagger in American hopes for this Olympic tournament?
36:30 Owsley drives up the left wing, setting off the alarm bells for the U.S. defense; Tessa Howard chops it wide — that could have been her third of the game
34:38 GBR GOAL Sophie Hamilton enters the circle from the left wing off her take, and she lances a backhander to an open Hannah French, who deflects the ball into the goal, boosting the Lionesses’ lead to 4-2
31:30 Ashley Sessa, working from the left side, finds Tamer in the middle of the striking circle, but her shot is deflected by a GB defender. Tamer almost had the hat trick again
HALFTIME As we mentioned yesterday, goals in the final five minutes in a half can count for more than the point on the scoreboard, but psychologically. Team GB’s coaching staff now have to change the team talk because of Tamer’s second goal. Imagine what would have happened if she had put away Zimmer’s pass in the final minute
END HALF The horn goes at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium with Great Britain only ahead by one
29:15 Zimmer operates in her right-wing office and puts it in the vicinity of Tamer, but she cannot connect; that might have been a first-half hat trick for the Michigan forward
28:22 USA GOAL An enterprising Abby Tamer beats three GB defenders with her skills and slams a backhand into the cage! It’s a power play goal! Great Britain’s lead is halved
27:56 GBR GREEN A slash by Sophie Hamilton has made her sit down for two minutes. It’s interesting in this tournament how few cards are being handed out in comparison to some other competitions that I’ve witnessed over the years. I guess it’s because the Olympics, but we did see a situation in the USA’s opener when the Eagles had a 10-on-7 advantage for a short period of time against Argentina, but did not score
24:30 GBR PC and GOAL A three-way pass play across the middle finds Tess Howard with her second of the quarter, Great Britain leads 3-1
24:20 Anna French puts the ball off a U.S. foot just outside the circle, and a penalty corner the result
23:18 Team GB gets the ball in the circle, but the pass is cut down by the U.S. defense
21:00 Hoffman cheats forward and tries to feed a ball into the circle, but the pass is wanting, and five U.S. players are caught behind the ball. Team GB, however, keeps the ball instead of pressing forward
20:25 Team GB with a slightly elevated clear which almost certainly has an element of danger, but the umpire keeps the whistle
19:05 GBR GREEN Owsley takes a two-minute penalty for a bad stick tackle
18:12 GBR GOAL Tess Howard, taking a pass from Lily Owsley on the left wing, is able to find the near post behind Bing, and the Brits take the lead 2-1
17:00 Tess Howard with the half-chance against Bing from deep on the left wing, and she parries it aside
15:00 The second quarter is under way, with all to play for
END FIRST The horn sounds with the sides level at 1-1. It’s notable that, for the second game running, the U.S. concede a goal in the first five minutes. But it’s creditable that Abby Tamer, scorer of the game-winning goal in the semifinal round of the FIH qualifier in India last January, opens her account
14:20 Meredith Sholder’s through pass finds a streaking Sessa in the midfield. She’s pushed down from behind; no card for the breakdown foul?
12:15 Sophie Hamilton finds herself with the ball just inside the edge of the D but sprays her backhander about four inches wide right
10:14 USA PC Yeager’s shot is saved again! What a spell for the States, but Pritchard is playing extremely well
10:06 USA PC Yeager’s flick is deflected by the GB corner flyer but off her foot; the umpire calls another corner for the States
9:56 USA PC Yeager with the dragflick again; Team GB defenses it but right onto Gladieux’s stick. Backhand shot saved again by Pritchard! We’ll re-rack
9:27 USA PC Yeager with the low flick; Team GB with the corner deflection
8:18 Whoa! Sophia Gladieux with a backhand laser that Pritchard saves; she didn’t know much about it
7:05 USA PC and GOAL Abby Tamer is able to take the rebound from Ashley Hoffman’s struck shot and deposits it over the goal line! The chase is joined! It’s 1-1 here in Paris!
6:40 Zimmer creating havoc in the attack end again; a hopeful pass is cut out by the Britons, and a follow-up leads to a free hit in a promising position
3:32 Hamilton is a player who used to play for the University of Connecticut, joining reserve Grace Balsdon (Maryland) as NCAA representatives on Team GB
3:32 GBR GOAL Sophie Hamilton opens her account for the Lionesses, taking a bouncing ball off a loose clear that beat several U.S. defenders and Bing; Team GB leads 1-0
2:05 USA PC Hoffman with the dragflick; Miriam Pritchard with the save
1:50 Aerial ball finds Sessa in the attacking third, but is double-teamed. Ball goes out for a side-in to the States
0:00 The game is on
PREGAME The United States, for the fourth game running, are in their traditional red kits; Great Britain are in white with red numerals and dark navy socks and kilts
PREGAME And, as it turns out, U.S. head coach David Passmore of the U.S. and goalie coach Maddie Hinch (yep, the Maddie Hinch of the gold-medal squad at Rio 2016) are from the United Kingdom
PREGAME It took 42 years before the States were able to get at least a draw against the English national team
PREGAME The history between these two teams runs deep. The United States played its first international women’s match in 1920 in Richmond (yep, the London suburb made famous in the series Ted Lasso). The final of one of the games in their series was England 16, USA 0
PREGAME The Lionesses are led by midfielders Lily Owsley and Laura Roper, fullback Holly Pearne-Webb, and forward Hannah French. The Team GB staff have made an interesting choice in goal with Wimbledon’s Miriam Pritchard, who came into this week with only about a dozen international caps to her credit
PREGAME Team GB is an amalgamation of players from the Home Nations on the field hockey side, including players from Wales and Scotland. But the overwhelming majority of players in this group are from the English national side
PREGAME The United States, after losing to Australia 3-0 yesterday, have to be a wounded side. Can they break out of their attacking funk? The States have scored exactly two goals thus far in this tournament and need more output to be able to compete
PREGAME The United Eagles are 0-2-1 thus far in the Olympics, Team GB is 1-2
PREGAME Hello, and welcome along to Stade Yves-du-Manoir for this fourth-round pool match in the 2024 Olympics featuring the United States and Great Britain
