Three draws on match day II

On the second day of the FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007, all six
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​countries in action put a point on the board. Japan and England played
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​to a 1:1 draw in Shanghai while in Chengdu the United States and DPR
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​Korea played to a 2:2 draw and Nigeria and Sweden (Sverige) played to
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​a 1:1 draw.
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​In the United States-DPR Korea match, two-time champions United States
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​opened the scoring in the 50th minute with a goal by Abby Wambach. The
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​North Koreans countered with goals by Kil Son Hui (58′) and Kim Yong
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​Ae (62′) before Heather O’Reilly equalised in the 69th minute.
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​The Americans have four remaining world champions from their USA 1999
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​run, including captain Kristine Lilly who was also a champion at China
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​1991. Lilly is the first five-time player at the FIFA Women’s World
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​Cup. Lilly, Kate Markgraf and Christie Rampone were all starters while
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​Briana Scurry was the back-up goaltender. Goalscorer O’Reilly,
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​meanwhile, is one of four alumni from the FIFA U-19 Women’s World
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​Championship Canada 2007. Lori Chalupny was also in the lineup while
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​Leslie Osborne and Lindsay Tarpley did not feature.
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​In the England-Japan match, all four goals were scored in the second
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​half. Aya Miyama opened the scoring in the 55th minute before Kelly
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​Smith scored twice, once in the 81st minute and then again in the 83rd
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​minute. The match was all but won, but then Miyama scored her second
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​of the match with the last kick in the 95th minute.
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​In the Sweden-Nigeria match, Victoria Svensson, a silver medalist at
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​USA 2003, put the Swedes up 1-0 in the 50th minute. Nigeria fought
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​back, though, and Cynthia Uwak scored in the 82nd minute. Uwak, a
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​three-time player at the FIFA U-20 World Cup level (including Canada
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​2002), plays her club football in Sweden and was Nigeria’s
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​representative at the World All-Stars match in Wuhan back in April.
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