Tasnim - Iran U-17 football team was defeated against USA in its first match at the Torneo delle Nazioni on Wednesday.
Iran lost to its powerhouse rival 8-0 in Group A. Host Italy also defeated Slovenia 2-0 in the group.
Iran has been scheduled to face Slovenia on Thursday and Italy meets USA.
Group B consists of Japan, England, Norway and Russia.
Each team will play a placement match on April 28 with the two countries that win the two groups playing for the championship.
The second-place finishers will play for third, the third-place finishers will play for fifth and the fourth-place finishers will play for seventh.
U-16 Girls’ National Team Match Report
Match: U.S. Under-16 Girls’ National Team vs Iran U-17 WNT
Date: April 25, 2018
Competition: 3rd U-17 Women’s Torneo delle Nazioni
Venue: ND Renče Field; Renče, Slovenia
Weather: Low 70s, sunny
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 6 2 8
IRN 0 0 8
USA – Kailyn Dudukovich (Alexis Missimo) 8th minute
USA – Kalyssa Van Zanten (Kailyn Dudukovich) 11
USA – Kailyn Dudukovich (Michelle Cooper) 14
USA – Kailyn Dudukovich (Alexis Missimo) 19
USA – Kailyn Dudukovich (Kalyssa Van Zanten) 23
USA – Alexis Missimo (Aislynn Crowder) 32
USA – Michelle Cooper (Aislynn Crowder) 39
USA – Trinity Byars (Ariella Pitty) 58
Lineups:
USA: 12-Alia Skinner; 23-Elaine Rouse, 13-Tori Hansen (4-Baleigh Bruster, 36), 5-Lilly Reale, 3-Kellie Pagador (2-Nya Harrison, 36), 16-Alexis Theoret (9-Jaelyn Eisenhart, 36), 7-Aislynn Crowder (21-Ariella Pitty, 56), 15-Alexis Missimo (19-Grace Watkins, 36), 20-Kalyssa Van Zanten (8-Dilary Heredia-Beltran, 46), 18-Michelle Cooper (25-Trinity Byars, 46), 6-Kailyn Dudukovich
Subs not used: 1-Lindey Romig, 10-Reilyn Turner
Head Coach: April Kater
IRN: 1-Maedeh Davaji; 23-Hanieh Khodaparasti, 4-Ghazaleh Bantalebi, 5-Fatemeh Shaban, 8-Marzieh Feizi, 16-Zhino Peykari (2-Sahar Mohammadzadeh, 18), 6-Fatemeh Amiri, 10-Maral Torkaman (18-Fatemeh Sarvarzadeh, 43), 11-Golnoosh Khosravi (20-Golnoosh Khosravi, 58), 7-Fatemeh Makhdoumi, 9-Roghayeh Jalalnasab
Subs not used: 12-Melika Zeidabadinejad, 14-Hadis Salehisaroukolaei, 15-Shaghayegh Motamedi, 17-Maryam Sadeghani, 21-Helia Piltan
Head Coach: Katayoun Khosrowyar
Stats Summary: USA / IRN
Shots: 18 / 0
Shots on Goal: 14 / 0
Saves: 0 / 6
Corner Kicks: 2 / 0
Fouls: 1 / 3
Offside: 4 / 0