USA Storms Past Mexico, Scores Three Second Half Goals
DEVONSHIRE, Bermuda. March 8, 2007 - The USA men's team took a 1-0 lead in best-of-three Pan American Games field hockey qualifier with a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Thursday at the Bermuda National Sports Centre.
The U.S. team scored three second-half goals to pull within one game of earning the final men's entry for this summer's Pan Am Games.
The BNSC, which houses the only facility dedicated to field hockey in Bermuda, features the Sportexe synthetic turf system specifically designed for field hockey and "approved" by the Féderation Internationale de Hockey (FIH). Sportexe is also the official turf supplier for the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.
Binh Hoang (Westlake Village, Calif.) started the U.S. scoring blitz before 18-year-old Jon Ginolfi (Simi Valley, Calif.), who was named USA's Man of the Match, scored the final two goals.
The USA is now 10-4-4 all time against Mexico. However, Mexico won the last major-tournament match between the two nations with a 2-0 victory at the 2004 Pan Am Cup.
The series winner joins Argentina, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago and host Brazil at the Pan American Games, July 15-25 in Rio de Janeiro. The Pan Am Games serve as the continental qualifier for the Olympic Games with the winner of the competition earning the continents automatic berth in Beijing in 2008.
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