AUS (3-0) 1 1 0 1 — 3
USA (0-2-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0
AUS: Renee Taylor (Stephanie Kershaw), fg, 3rd
AUS: Alice Arnott (Mariah Williams), fg, 29th
AUS: Maddison Brooks (Arnott), fg, 53rd
Shots — AUS: 8; USA: 5; Saves — AUS: Jocelyn Bartram 4, defensive 1; USA: Kelsey Bing 5.
FULL TIME That’s all for now; good day, good hockey
FULL TIME This defeat puts the U.S. in a position where they are going to have to get a win tomorrow against Team GB in order to have a chance to make the knockout stage. Team GB, after three consecutive trips to the podium, actually has two defeats in pool play thus far. They need three points to pretty much clinch a knockout berth with a game to play. But that’s for tomorrow
FULL TIME Australia does what Australia does; get on the board first and putting on suffocating pressure through skill and tactics
FULL TIME The horn sounds with Australia winning 3-0
59:33 Hoffman pumps the ball into the circle; ball hits the goalboard but no deflection inside the circle. Aussies get a 16Y and can pretty much take the air out of this game
59:25 USA PC Hoffman’s shot is legged out by Bartram
59:10 Sessa finds a sliver of space and laces a backhander that strikes an Australia foot; a corner the result
57:30 Zimmer crushes one from the midfield, but no teammate flashes to the ball in the circle
56:30 Sholder tries rounding the right wing and the ball hits her foot; unlucky
52:39 That was a stringing together of nine passes by Australia to find Brooks in the circle. When you think of field hockey as a team game, this is a great example of how it is done. And it was the honor of Brooks to finish it off
52:39 AUS GOAL Maddison Brooks takes a pass from Arnott near the second-goal area and snakes it near-post by Bing; Australia leads 3-0
49:00 Zimmer receives a gorgeous aerial from Sholder on the right side; she’s bodied off and the call goes against the United Eagles, somehow
47:15 Amanda Golini tries the right wing and the Aussie defense says no
47:03 AUS GREEN Grace Young is off for two minutes; given the intensity of this game, I’m surprised there have not been as many power plays as in other matches in this competition
46:40 U.S. with a free hit in a promising procedure, but Sholder is tackled at the dashed arc
45:00 The final quarter is under way with the United States looking to equalize
END THIRD At this point, the U.S. is now fighting the weather, which has seen the temperature spike over 90. And it doesn’t help that the U.S. does not have VAR referral
END THIRD At three-quarter time, it’s still Australia leading 2-0
42:49 AUS PC The corner is deflected by Mariah Williams but well wide of the goal
42: 49 VAR CHECK The question is whether Australia committed a foot foul before a penalty corner was called. The appeal is denied; the United States lose their right to referral
40:40 Sessa puts Australia in the spin cycle and tries to chop a pass into the center of the circle, but the Hockeyroos clear their lines
40:20 USA PC Yeager hits Taylor in the body; was that on frame? Apparently, no, so it’s 16Y for Australia
40:00 USA PC Yeager with the dragflick and it hit the player in the goal frame; we’ll reset
39:55 VAR CHECK Did Australia commit a back-stick violation? Yes, says the video umpire, and a penalty corner the result
36:04 USA PC Struck shot by Hoffman is sticked away by Squibb
35:12 AUS GREEN CARD Mariah Williams sits for two minutes for five-yard encroachment
34:10 Brooke Peris arrives in a sliver of open space, but chops a shot wide!
31:19 AUS PC Penny Squibb with the flick, but Kelsey Bing makes the save!
30:45 Australia Greiner lances the ball across the face of goal and Bing makes the stop
30:00 The second half begins in Paris with the States chasing the game
HALFTIME The TopOfTheCircle.com Fifth Law of Field Hockey holds that goals scored in the first or last five minutes of the half count double in terms of psychological advantage for the team that scored it. In this game, Australia not only scored, it knew when to score. The second goal certainly changed the team talk for head coach David Passmore and his staff
HALFTIME The horn ends, and Australia leads the Americans by a 2-0 score
28:30 An aerial ball into the Australia D nearly finds Abby Tamer on the doorstep but Bartram had the angle covered. Technically, that isn’t a shot on goal because nobody on the U.S. team touched the ball before the clear
28:09 Against, a goal you might not have expected Bing to concede; she went down and Arnott had the entire top half of the goal to shoot at
28:09 AUS GOAL And just after that, on a somewhat innocuous play, Alice Arnott beats Bing from the right wing and it’s 2-0 Hockeyroos
28:00 Kershaw backhands the ball way over Bing in the U.S. goal cage
27:30 Australia with a couple of half-chances in front but Bing makes one stop and the defense clears the second chance
25:56 USA PC Beth Yeager with the dragflick and a standing Bartram gloves it over the sideline
25:50 Brooke DeBerdine with a chip past two Australia defenders, and obstruction is called; a penalty corner the result
25:15 The Roos get a momentary 2-v-1 inside 10 yards, but Hammel breaks it up! Amazing play for the B.U. product!
24:00 The United States with the ball in the attacking end and looking for space; Zimmer attacks the right and gets a free hit in a promising position
21:40 And with the corner defense, the United States runs a snowbird up the left side! A wide-open Megan Valzonis is attacking the keeper from the left, but is caught in two minds and does not get off a shot; goalie Jocelyn Bartram takes and clears. Oh, wow, was that the chance?
21:30 AUS PC The dragflick is blocked and cleared by Kelee Lepage
21:25 Well, I spoke too soon. Australia earns a corner, so we’ll see what the routine is
20:00 A third of the way through the game, both teams are surprisingly tentative. There has not been a penalty corner thus far, and the United States has not gotten off a shot at goal yet
17:50 Mariah Williams flips a ball towards the goal that Australia forward Renee Taylor just misses; this is some of the 3-D skill that has given the U.S. trouble over the years
16:30 Big collision in front of the U.S. goal between Beth Yeager and an aggressive Grace Young; that was a last-minute rescue by Yeager
15;00 The second quarter is under way
END FIRST Australia has done very well against the Americans in the last 25 years. We witnessed their prowess up close in a four-nations tournament at the newly opened Field Hockey and Lacrosse Comples at the University of Maryland in August 2006, and they were very good in all phases of the game
END FIRST The horn ends with Australia leading the game 1-0
14:00 Territorially, it’s been all Australia; the States have had the ball for precious little time in the attacking third
11:15 Zimmer finds another lane and is tripped by Grace Young: no card?
10:15 Maddie Zimmer with a hopeful run along the right wing and forces the Roos into putting it out of bounds
8:40 Australia gets the ball about 12 yards from goal and chops a shot which is deflected high by Alexandra Hammel; Bing cleans it up
6:01 The States are able to repel a Hockeyroos’ attack, but a miscue as two players ran away from the ball instead of taking it upfield
2:35 Not the kind of goal Bing usually gives up; she was caught back in her cage and could not extend that right boot to parry it away
2:35 AUS GOAL Bang! Renee Taylor takes a Stephanie Kershaw pass, and from about a half-foot inside the striking circle, finds the goalboard; Australia leads 1-0 just like that
1:30 Australia on the front foot thus far, but the U.S. defense is organized and makes the clear
0:00 The game is on
PREGAME The USA are in their traditional red kits, while Australia is in its traditional gold tops and green kilts
PREGAME The teams are warming up in the heat of the day on the blue turf of Yves-du-Manoir, temperatures hovering in the mid-80s
PREGAME The States have been getting good all-around play from Ashley Hoffman, Karli Kisha, and Meredith Sholder thus far. Maddie Zimmer has been dangerous on the right wing, and Bing has done ery well in the goal cage despite the results thus far
PREGAME The Roos are at the top of the table at these Olympics, however, and will pretty much seal a quarterfinal berth with three points here. They are led by defender Kaitlin Nobbs, forward Brooke Peris, and goalkeeper Jocelyn Bartram
PREGAME Part of that was because of allegations of abuse by coaches and backroom staff — a “Me Too” movement of sorts that saw the replacement of some personnel
PREGAME Since then, however, they have taken a step back in their form at Olympics and World Cups. They have won an FIH Champions’ Trophy and an FIH World League title, but have not returned to the legendary form when Allyson Annan and Rechelle Hawkes were absolutely sparkling
PREGAME The Hockeyroos were the dominant force in world field hockey at the turn of the century, winning four consecutive world-level championship from 1994 to 2000 (two Olympics, and two FIH World Cups)
PREGAME Australia is 2-0 thus far in these Olympics, the United States is 0-1-1
PREGAME Hello, and welcome along to Stade Yves-du-Manoir for this third-round Pool B field hockey matchup between the Australian Hockeyroos and the United Eagles
