[ALGARVE CUP] The USA opens play at the Algarve Cup in Portugal Wednesday against Japan at Belavista Municipal Stadium in Parchal (kickoff: 7:45 a.m. ET). Thematch is the first between the two teams since their meeting in the 2012 Olympic gold-medal game, but it has even greater significance as it is two years to the day since Japan handed the USA its lastdefeat, at the Algarve Cup.
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