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by Ridge Mahoney
[USA-JAPAN REPORT CARD] A desperately close Olympic women's soccer gold-medal match at Wembley Stadium Thursday went to the United States, which took a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals by Carli Lloyd and held off Japan long enough to capture a 2-1 victory. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney grades the ...
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by Soccer America
"I'm so proud of her because she played so many games and all of a sudden I thought she wasn't good enough. Then she just comes back and helps the team tremendously and she proved that I was wrong. I love that." -- U.S. coach Pia Sundhage on gold-medal game ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT] Carli Lloyd, who wasn't a starter when the Olympics began, scored both goals to beat Japan in the final. She also had scored the winner when the USA beat Brazil, 1-0, in the 2008 gold-medal game
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by Soccer America
[USA-JAPAN REACTION] The USA finally erased the nightmare of its shootout loss to Japan in the 2011 Women's World Cup final. U.S. stars Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo and Megan Rapinoe talked about what Thursday's gold-medal victory over Japan means ...
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by Soccer America
[OLYMPIC REWIND] The USA-Japan match for the gold medal might have lacked the drama of the USA-Canada semifinal, but it certainly didn't lack for action. Japan had five superb chances in a 25-minute period of the first half, not to mention a no-call on a clear penalty. For video of ...
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by Soccer America
[CANADA-FRANCE] In the semifinals, France outshot Japan, 25-6, but was on the losing end of a 2-1 score. In the bronze-medal game, the Bleues' domination was again almost total: an 18-4 edge in shots -- and two off the woodwork and third cleared off the line. But France's bad luck ...
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by Soccer America
[MLS SUSPENSIONS] Montreal Impact defender Nelson Rivas' vicious headbutt on Philadelphia Union forward Antoine Hoppenot earned him a two-game suspension in addition to the automatic one-game suspension he received for being red carded.
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by Soccer America
[WEEK 23] The match between Columbus Crew and Toronto FC, originally slated for Saturday in Columbus, has been postponed until Aug. 22 to allow members of the Crew to attend the funeral of former teammate Kirk Urso, who died Sunday. Several big matches are on tap for this weekend: New ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The first-place San Antonio Scorpions had to settle for a 1-1 tie at FC Edmonton in a match slowed by a three-hour delay due to weather. Jonathan Greenfield's third goal of the season earned the Scorpions the point on the road. Next up for the Scorpions: a trip to ...
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] In their last home game of the regular season, the Harrisburg City Islanders got a goal and an assist from Tom Mellor and beat the Charleston Battery, 3-0, to move into fifth place in the USL PRO standings. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds host Charlotte Eagles Friday night in their final ...
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