Mia Hamm scored a goal and set up strikes by Aly Wagner and Abby Wambach, and Catherine Reddick came up big repeatedly in the back as the U.S. women's national team wrapped up its home preparations for the Athens Olympics with a 3-1 victory over China in East Hartford, Conn.

Wagner scored a sizzling goal in the 14th minute, Hamm doubled the advantage on a 33rd-minute breakaway, and Wambach headed home a Hamm corner kick in the 69th for the final margin of victory before 15,093 at Rentschler Field.

The win improved the Americans to 15-1-2 in 2004 heading into their Aug. 11 Olympic opener against Greece in Heraklio on Crete. The U.S. women depart for Greece on Monday to begin final preparations for the Athens Games.

''I am really pleased — it could not have gone better,'' U.S. coach April Heinrichs said. ''Everybody played well. I liked the way we attacked and went at China with courage and confidence.

''Obviously, we have great respect for them, so when you can play aggressively and with that kind of confidence against a team that is as strong as China, it's a really good sign moving forward.''

Referee Sandra Hunt issued nine yellow cards in a physical but well-played match. The Americans owned a 20-6 shot advantage and appeared in charge from the start.

Wagner's goal was a beauty, a first-time strike from 14 yards that grazed the underside of the crossbar en route to the net. Julie Foudy, on the right flank, sent a ball into the box, and Hamm, at the near post, backheeled it to Wagner.

Reddick came up with two big plays over the next 20 minutes to prevent a Chinese goal and start the sequence for Hamm's strike.

In the 16th minute, Han Duan worked free on the left side of the box and faced goalkeeper Briana Scurry one-on-one. Scurry got a piece of Han's shot, but the ball ricocheted toward the far post. Reddick cleared it off the line.

Seventeen minutes later, Reddick stripped a Chinese attacker, and Christie Rampone played a long ball down the right flank for Wambach, who beat an offside trap near midfield. Wambach raced deep into Chinese territory as defenders gave chase, then fed Hamm to the left, at the top of the box. Hamm controlled the ball with her first touch, then fired to the upper-right corner for her 151st international goal.

China tied the score four minutes into the second half. Scurry got her hand to a free kick, but it fell to Han to the left of the goal. She chipped the ball over Scurry and two defenders to the right post, where Fan Yunjie poked it past Julie Foudy and tapped in from a yard.

Wambach netted her 28th international goal 20 minutes later, powerfully heading home Hamm's corner kick. It was the 135th assist U.S. Soccer has awarded Hamm.

SUMMARY
Sunday, Aug. 1 at East Hartford, Conn.

United States 3 China 1. Goals: Wagner 14, Hamm 33, Wambach 69; Fan 49.

United States — Scurry; Rampone, Fawcett (Chastain, 66), Reddick, Markgraf; Boxx; Foudy (O'Reilly, 76), Wagner (Tarpley, 72), Lilly; Hamm, Wambach (Parlow, 76).

China — Xiao; Jin (Wang, 68); Shi, Lu, Fan, Ren; Pu, Bi (Qu, 75), L. Bai (Y. Zhang, 46); Han, Teng (O. Zhang, 66), Ji.

Yellow cards: U.S. — Boxx 26, Hamm 61, Chastain 74, Parlow 84; China — Jin 52, Fan 55, Pu 61, Y. Zhang 72, Qu 75.

Referee: Sandra Hunt (U.S.).

Att.: 15,093.

U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
2004 SCHEDULE

Four Nations
Jan. 30 at Shenzhen, China: United States 3 (Boxx 13, Tarpley 51, 66) Sweden 0
Feb. 1 at Shenzhen, China: United States 0 China 0
Feb. 3 at Shenzhen, China: United States 2 (Tarpley 13, Fawcett pen. 81) Canada 0

CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Feb. 25 at San Jose, Costa Rica: United States 7 (Boxx 22, 37, 81, Lilly 25, Hamm 41, 44, Wambach 42) Trinidad & Tobago 0
Feb. 27 at Heredia, Costa Rica: United States 8 (Wagner 12, Parlow 17, 73, 87, own goal Fenelon 41, MacMillan 47, Tarpley 63, Wambach 81) Haiti 0
Feb. 29 at San Jose, Costa Rica: United States 2 (own goal Castillo 10, Wambach 26) Mexico 0
March 3 at San Jose, Costa Rica: United States 4 (Wagner 5, Wambach 26, Lilly 29, Boxx 51) Costa Rica 0
March 5 at Heredia, Costa Rica: United States 3 (Tarpley 45, Wambach 79, Foudy 84) Mexico 2 (Dominguez 9, 15)

Algarve Cup
March 14 at Ferreiras, Portugal: United States 5 (Wambach 16, Hamm pen. 27, Hucles 31, 33, Tarpley 47) France 1 (Bompastor 48)
March 16 at Quarteira, Portugal: United States 1 (Hucles 61) Denmark 0
March 18 at Lagos, Portugal: United States 1 (Reddick 85) Sweden 3 (Andersson 34, Oqvist 48, 56)
March 20 at Faro, Portugal: United States 4 (Wambach 30, 39, 51, Tarpley 42) Norway 1 (Riise 38)

Friendlies
April 24 at Birmingham, Ala.: United States 5 (Foudy 13, Wambach 31, 42, Welsh 86, Hamm 87) Brazil 1 (Marta 55)
May 9 at Albuquerque, N.M.: United States 3 (Parlow 52, Hamm 64, Chalupny 87) Mexico 0
June 6 at Louisville, Ky.: United States 1 (Wambach 59) Japan 1 (Arakawa 20)
July 3 at Nashville, Tenn.: United States 1 (Mitts 73) Canada 0
July 21 at Blaine, Minn.: United States 3 (Boxx 56, Hamm 76, Wambach 81) Australia (Small 5)
Aug. 1 at East Hartford, Conn.: United States 3 (Wagner 14, Hamm 33, Wambach 69) China 1 (Fan Yunjie 49)

Athens Olympics
Aug. 11: at Heraklio, Greece: vs. Greece at Pankritio Stadium, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT); TV: MSNBC (live), Telemundo (tape)
Aug. 14 at Thessaloniki, Greece: vs. Brazil at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT); TV: CNBC (live)
Aug. 17 at Thessaloniki, Greece: vs. Australia at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT); TV: MSNBC (live)
Aug. 20 at TBA: Quarterfinal in Thessaloniki, Heraklio or Volos, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT) or 9 p.m. EEST (2 p.m. EDT); TV: MSNBC or Telemundo (live)
Aug. 23 at Heraklio or Patras, Greece: Semifinals at Pankritio Stadium, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT) or at Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, 9 p.m. EEST (2 p.m. EDT). TV: MSNBC or Telemundo (live)
Aug. 26 at Athens, Greece: Gold/Bronze matches at Karaiskaki Stadium, 6 p.m. EEST (11 a.m. EDT) and 9 p.m. EEST (2 p.m. EDT); TV: NBC or MSNBC and Telemundo (live)

U.S. in 2004: 15-1-2.