Naomi Girma’s first years of soccer took place in “a place where mistakes were allowed.”
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Women’s gold-medal game averages approximately 9 million viewers on NBC and Peacock
The audience was the most-watched gold-medal women’s soccer game since the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Monday AM: USA is back on top of the world. Also: Anson Dorrance retires.
Good morning! The Olympics will be back in four years when Los Angeles hosts for the third time. Soccer was not a part of the 1932 Olympics — the only team sport was … men’s field hockey with three entrants — but the stunning success of the 1984 men’s soccer tournament was the inspiration for […]
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Olympics: SA’s U.S. Player Ratings (Average)
Naomi Girma and Trinity Rodman were the top-rated players.
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Hayes ‘repays’ USA by bringing back joy … and Olympic soccer gold
It is a fifth gold for the USA but one that many had doubted they were capable of winning after their early exit from last year’s women’s World Cup.
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How USWNT took gold? Lots of right roster moves but, yes, an air of inevitability.
The USWNT has won four World Cups). The five times it didn’t win the World Cup it followed up by winning Olympic gold the next year each time.
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USA-Brazil Women’s Olympic Player Ratings
The USA shoutout all three of its knockout stage foes at the en route to the gold medal podium.
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Mallory Swanson strike hands USA gold medal with win over Brazil
Brazil fought hard on a hot afternoon at the Parc des Princes, but the USA struck just before the hour mark.
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Olympics: Spain beats France in classic final to win men’s gold
Sergio Camello struck twice in overtime to settle a remarkable final as Spain beat France 5-3
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‘Triple Espresso’: Attacking stars carry USWNT to Olympic final
The trio of Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson has stepped up in spectacular fashion.