USA U16 finds a way through gritty Swiss squad, scoring seven unanswered goals

Goals and assists

1. Byington, 4. Moore (Helbling, Nikolajski), 22. Joyce (Morris, Robb), 28. Helbling, 30. Lammi (Byington), 33. Byington (Balana), 34. Lammi (Weiner, Byington), 43. Morris (Robb), 43. Helbling (Nikolajski, Rennebeck) – 14. Hürlimann (Cioffo), 22. Cioffo (Perks, Tanner)

Referees

Matthew Wass, Martin Bogáň

Official game sheet

USA U16

Bergeron (Moffett) – Bonari, Rennebeck, Brideau, Humphries, Stahl, Zevola, Simon, Horner – Helbling, Nikolajski, Moore III, Morris, Joyce, Robb, Petrina, Evans, Balana, Lippo, Weiner, Byington

Switzerland U16

Blaser (Kälin) – Flüeler, Holderegger, Diener, Riesen, Amstutz, Scaglioso, Uhlmmann, Röthlisberger – Lüthi, Cioffo, Tanner, Vanoli, Lienhardt, Coluccia, Tschannen, Jaussi, Kühn, Eggiman, Felder, Hürlimann

COACHES´ REACTIONS

Will Rennebeck (USA): It was the first game. We had those famous butterflies in our stomachs because of the excitement. Most of the time, we stuck to our plan. I liked how the guys handled every situation in the game. We have a foundation to build on for the next matches.

Vasco Rodrigues Soares (SUI): Usually, a team goes through three phases. The first is nervousness, then players shake it off and play relaxed in the second phase, and in the third phase, they can sometimes stagnate a bit. Today, we were missing that second phase and that sense of relaxation. We need to work on it for the upcoming games.