U.S. women crush European champion Germany, 4-1

Mia Hamm had two goals to lead the U.S. women’s national team past 2001 European champion Germany, 4-1, on the opening day of the Nike U.S. Women’s Cup. Hamm also had an assist on Tiffeny Milbrett’s winning goal. U.S. coach April Heinrichs used four college players off the bench: Cat Reddick and Jena Kluegel of North Carolina, Aleisha Cramer of BYU and Amy Wamback of Florida. China shut out Japan, 3-0, in the second game at Chicago’s Soldier Field. A crowd of 10,235 watched the doubleheader in a rainstorm. Sept. 9 in Chicago USA 4 Germany 1. Goals: Parlow 19, Milbrett 51, Hamm 72, 73; Mueller 23. USA — Beene, Sobrero, Fawcett (Reddick, 78), Chastain, Lilly, Fair (Cramer,46), Foudy, MacMillan (Kluegel, 46), Parlow (Mitts, 82), Hamm, Milbrett ( Wambach, 76). Germany — Rottenberg, Stegemann, Becker, Kunzer, Hingst, Schmale (Hagedorn, 70), Omilade, Smisek, Lingor, Muller, Wimbersky. Referee: Kari Seitz (USA). Att.: 10,235. Sept. 9 in Chicago China 3 Japan 0. Goals: Bai Jie 39, Bai Lilli 45, 53. Japan — Yamago, Isozaki (Kobayashi, 46), Obe (Tsuchihashi, 80), Baba, Isaka (Ito, 69), Kawakami, Nakachi, Yamagishi, Sawa, Sato (Otani, 46), Miyazaki (Kasajima, 46). China — Xiao, Wang (Luo, 71), Li, Zhang (Liu, 55), Bai Lilli, Pu, Qu, Sun (Ren, 46), Bai Jie, Wen (Jin, 55), Fan. Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA). Att.: 10,235.