Morgan did not score in the game, meaning she still has just two goals for the national team this year. She didn’t take a shot Tuesday, leaving the combination play on Dunn’s goal as her only highlight.

Smith scored the night’s second goal in the 67th, five minutes after entering. It started with a Rodman steal, then Smith and Swanson joined the ensuing fast break. After Swanson laid Rodman’s pass on to Smith, she worked her way around South Korea’s Eun-Young Lee and goalkeeper Jung-Mi Kim to finish from a tight angle — falling over amusingly as she contorted herself for the shot.

Yohannes entered in the 72nd, and commanded the spotlight from there.

She has yet to decide whether she’ll play for the U.S., where she was born, or the Netherlands, where she currently lives with her family and plays for Dutch club Ajax. So there might just have been some lobbying when Yohannes scored a well-taken goal from 12 yards out in the 82nd minute, and was swarmed by the entire team on the sideline.

It made Yohannes the third-youngest goal-scorer in U.S. women’s team history, after Kristine Lilly in 1987 (the youngest) and Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak in 1994.

Yohannes probably won’t make the Olympic team, but she could be a non-playing alternate who travels in case of emergency. Being an alternate would not tie her to the U.S. program, though one might wonder if accepting the role would come with a commitment.

A mention is also due to Murphy, a Rutgers product. No. 1 goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is out injured, but is expected to be healthy by July. Murphy may have locked up the second goalkeeper spot on the 18-player squad with three strong saves Tuesday.

The Olympic roster is due to FIFA and the International Olympic Committee by July 3. Now the clock is officially ticking, for Hayes and everyone else.

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