Abby Wambach scored two goals to bolster her chances, once fleeting, of making the U.S. roster for the Women's World Cup, leading the U.S. women's national team past Ireland, 5-0, Saturday night before 19,584 at Rice-Eccles Stadium on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City.

Heather O'Reilly scored a goal but suffered a broken leg, an injury that could hinder her chances to make the World Cup roster. Initial prognosis was that she would be sidelined six to eight weeks, but the injury can take longer to heal.

Mia Hamm scored a goal and Julie Foudy added a goal and two assists for the Americans, who outshot their foes, 24-0, and dominated every measure of play.

Wambach has been on form since failing to make the U.S. game roster for its game in late April against Canada. She had responded with a poor outing in the WUSA match that followed in the RFK Stadium doubleheader, but has played superbly since.

She scored her goals late in the first half, from a Christie Pearce pass and a header from a Julie Foudy cross, as U.S. women ran to a 4-0 halftime lead.

O'Reilly, a recent high school graduate bound for the University of North Carolina, was hurt in the second minute while scoring the Americans' first goal.

Foudy made it 2-0 in the 12th after Ireland goalkeeper Emma Byrne made a diving stop on Kristine Lilly. Hamm, who came on after an hour, tallied off a rebound in the 79th minute.

The win was April Heinrichs' 50th as U.S. head coach.

The fourth Women's World Cup will be played beginning Sept. 20 or 21 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.; Columbus (Ohio) Crew Stadium; Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.; Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; PGE Park in Portland, Ore.; and RFK Stadium in Washington.

The final is scheduled Oct. 12 in the Home Depot Center, part of U.S. Soccer's new National Training Center near Los Angeles.

Thirteen of the 16 entrants have been determined. They are the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany Ghana, Nigeria, Norway, Russia and Sweden.

The AFC Women's Championship, currently going on in Thailand, will determine two more qualifiers — likely Japan and North Korea — and the final slot will be decided in a playoff between Mexico and another Asian team, probably Chinese Taipei or South Korea.

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in China, but FIFA moved it to the United States last month because of the SARS crisis.