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SANTIAGO, Chile Chile's women's soccer team had a shot at its biggest achievement in history on Friday in the Pan American Games' gold medal game, but was forced to put a player who usually plays striker in net for the entire match and lost 1-0 to Mexico. The hosts… ....
Chile's women's soccer team had a shot at its biggest achievement in history on Friday in the Pan American Games' gold medal game, but was forced to put a player who usually plays striker in net for the entire match and lost 1-0 to Mexico. The hosts embarrassingly lost both their goalkeepers to European clubs ahead of the match. Chilean players sat on the pitch to protest the disorganization that led to 29-year-old Maria José Urrutia playing the position in their absence, and earned enthusiastic applause from their fans. ....
The United States Under-19 women's national soccer team has shown at the Pan American Games that it will have a lot of talent coming through the pipeline for the next few years. The Americans dominated their rivals in every match in Chile, advanced to the semifinals with one game in hand and on Saturday thrashed Argentina 4-0 to secure the top spot in Group B. Sixteen-year-old Kendall Bodak scored her first goal in the tournament in the 15th minute with a header so unmissable that she didn't even have to jump. ....