U.S. leads at half

Goals by Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.) have brought the U.S. women's soccer team back from a 1-0 deficit to lead Japan 2-1 at halftime. Shinobu Ohno opened the scoring in the 16th minute, but Hucles found the equalizer from 10 yards out in the 41st. Chalupny pushed the U.S. out front three minutes later by carrying the ball in from the left wing and ripping a 15-yard shot under pressure from two Japanese defenders.