By Jamie Trecker SportsTicker Contributing Editor

BLAINE, Minnesota (Ticker) -- Cindy Parlow scored twice and Tiffeny Milbrett had a goal and two assists Sunday as the United States womens soccer team rolled to a 4-0 rout of Norway in an international friendly before about 6,000 fans.

Parlow and Milbrett combined to power the U.S. to a 3-0 halftime lead and sealed Norway's fate in hot and humid conditions. Mia Hamm came off the bench and increased her world record for international goals to 130 in the 90th minute.

"I'm very pleased that we were able to introduce a new system and get most of the players playing time," U.S. coach April Heinrichs said. "At times in the past, American teams have just gone forward whenever they could. Today, I thought we were smarter than Norway. We picked our times to come forward and took advantage of them."

The game was a tuneup for the women, who begin World Cup qualifying for 2003 in September.

With temperatures approaching 100 degrees at kickoff, conditions seemed to favor the Americans as the Norwegians wilted early. After the half-hour mark, both teams clearly were just trying to hold on and get out of the heat.

"It was really brutally hot out there," U.S. defender Brandi Chastain said. "I changed everything at halftime, even my boots. I don't think I've ever been so hot that I changed my boots during a game."

"They were much better than us today," Norway coach Age Stern said. "We did not look prepared to play. Maybe we actually trained too much. ... Milbrett gave us too many problems to solve and the second goal on a goalkeeper's mistake was a killer."

It took only 11 minutes for the Americans to get on the board. Running a counterattack after some initial Norwegian pressure, Milbrett found Parlow cutting behind the defense for an easy header to make it 1-0.

Just six minutes later, Milbrett blew by goalkeeper Astrid Johanssen, who charged off her line to challenge for the ball. Milbrett put home the long, searching cross from Aly Wagner.

Milbrett and Parlow combined again at the 30-minute mark in a virtual replay of the first strike.

"The fact that we could play this well after just a couple of days together has to give us real confidence," Milbrett said. "We showed that we can put our people out there and that we can work together quickly and confidently.

"I've been working on my crosses all season because I've been more of a playmaker in New York this WUSA season. I think the result is that I'm able to be more consistent with my passes."

The U.S. improved to 14-18-2 all-time against the Norwegians and recorded its first victory in three attempts this year, losing both encounters at the Algarve Cup. The Americans are 6-2-2 overall this year.

Because of the small size of the stadium and tepid advertising, the U.S. Soccer Federation did not expect to break even on the match, according to USSF president Dr. Robert Contiguglia.