China Rout Washington Freedom 8-0 In Women's Soccer Friendly

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China Rout Washington Freedom 8-0 In Women's Soccer Friendly

China's national team thrashed a Washington Freedom team 8-0 in Friday's women's soccer friendly, which served as a warm-up for the upcoming World Cup.

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China's national team thrashed a Washington Freedom team 8-0 in Friday's women's soccer friendly, which served as a warm-up for the upcoming World Cup.

The Freedom played without top-scorer Mia Hamm and several starters at the George Mason University of North Virginia.

Forward Meng Juan scored twice in the second half while Sun Wen,Han Duan, Zhang Ouying, Teng Wei and Bi Yan having one each. The other one was an own goal of Freedom's center back Carrie Moore.

Led by Sun Wen and former Freedom defender Bai Jie, China took the complete control of the match from the very beginning, leaving no chance to the WUSA united team.

The Freedom hardly had scoring opportunities at the front while their loose defense gave too much spaces to the Chinese strikers.

China's coach Ma Liangxing said, "The united team didn't give us much pressure on defense, and that is not going to happen at the real World Cup competitions. They will press you on every touch, which will be tough for my players."

Ma reshuffled the whole front line at the second half, when China scored six goals. "The Chinese team is strong, fast and deep. Their second team is as good as the starting lineup," said Freedom coach Jim Gabarra.

China will kick off its World Cup journey on Sept. 22 against Ghana at Carson, California.

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