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mvn.com - 7/9/2008
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(from MVN Soccer) Soccer will kick off the
Summer Olympic Games on August 6. --- Overall, USA...
has a total of 5 Olympic medals in the sport, tied for first place with three other countries. --- The USA Men have won a silver and bronze, and the Women have won two gold and a silver. --- Seven networks will combine for Games coverage; NBCOlympics.com will stream events for the first time ever.
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Soccer kicks off Summer Olympics on August 6 --- NBC ...
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mvn.com - 7/16/2008
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July 16 --- MVN Soccer: The U.S. Women
are getting ready for the Summer Olympics, but they...
have one bit of business to take care of first, and they will do it in sunny San Diego tonight at the University of San Diego’s Torero Stadium. ---The task at hand is their final warm-up before departing for China; the opponent is their nemesis from the previous Olympics’ Championship match…Brazil !
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Match Preview: USA v BRAZIL in San Diego
mvn.com - 8/18/2008
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August 18 --- MVN Soccer: As was the
case in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, the...
Women’s Soccer Final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be a meeting between the traditional power USA and the recently-on-the-rise Brazil. --- Over 50,000 were on hand Monday night to witness the Americans' 4-2 defeat of Japan; here is a recap. --- Brazil beat Germany 4-1 in the other semifinal...
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USA will contest BRAZIL for Gold on Thursday night...
womensprosoccer.com - 7/9/2008
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(Press Release) July 8 --- WPS: The new
U.S. women's professional soccer league, which has former NBA...
MVP Steve Nash as one of several well-known investors and owners, announced on Tuesday its basic timeline going forward to opening day of its inaugural season in April 2009. --- Details included here are schedules for player allocation; East and West coast combines, draft, tryouts, and more...
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Women's Professional Soccer Timeline (post-Olympics ...
nbcolympics.com - 8/21/2008
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August 21 --- NBCOlympics.com: "The team is definitely
on a high right now, believing we were going...
to make a statement in the whole tournament," captain Christie Rampone said. "It was a full team effort, and it was so special with everyone doing it together." --- The 1-0 victory came in overtime, and also marked the 1000th gold medal in United States history at the Olympic Games...
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Video and Story: USA Win --- Nation's 1000th Olympic ...
nbcolympics.com - 8/22/2008
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(08:49) NBCOlympics.com: Brandi Chastaine and others discuss the
USA's 1-0 win over Brazil in Thursday night's Women's...
Soccer Final. --- Extensive highlights and analysis shown here. --- Julie Foudy interviews USA players after the match, including GK Hope Solo. --- Other Olympic soccer highlights and full match videos from both the men and women's tournaments are linked from here, too...
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Video: USA v BRAZIL (NBC recaps Gold Medal match)
ussoccer.com - 8/20/2008
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Thursday, August 21 | BEIJING WORKERS' STADIUM |
9 pm local time (9 am EDT / 6...
am PDT) --- U.S. Nat'l TV: USA Network / NBC Olympic Soccer Channel --- US Soccer: The gold medal match is a repeat of the 2004 Athens final, in which the U.S. won, 2-1, in overtime on a header from Abby Wambach. --- This time, Brazil defeated Germany in the semis, while USA beat Japan to try for their 3rd Gold Medal.
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Match Preview: USA v BRAZIL (Olympics)
![Story and Pics: USA v BRAZIL (Olympics) [UPDATED]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/08/21/beijing2008.jpg)
ussoccer.com - 8/21/2008
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(from US Soccer) In the Women's Soccer Final
at Beijing Workers' Stadium, the USA defeated Brazil 1-0...
to win the Gold. --- As the final whistle sounded, the Americans charged across the field, hugging anyone in sight...Carli Lloyd had scored the winning goal in the first period of extra time (96'), marking the second consecutive Olympics where the U.S. Women defeated Brazil in the Final...
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Story and Pics: USA v BRAZIL (Olympics) [UPDATED]
ussoccer.com - 6/24/2008
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June 23 --- US Soccer: U.S. Women’s National
Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18-player...
roster for the 2008 Olympic Team. --- Sundhage made her final selections after the USA’s 1-0 victory over Canada in the 2008 Peace Queen Cup championship. --- Nine players on the roster were members of the U.S. team that won the gold medal four years ago in Athens, Greece...
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USWNT: Roster for 2008 Summer Olympics revealed
nbcolympics.com - 7/9/2008
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(Soccer Player Profile / NBC) by Dan Driscoll:
"It happened in the 19th minute of a May...
10 friendly match against Canada. --- A lofted ball drifted from the right flank. --- As players jostled for position, the goalkeeper charged. --- In an instant, U.S. forward Natasha Kai went from being poised to score the game's first goal to becoming a facedown player..."
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Natasha Kai: Rainbow Warrior
ussoccer.com - 12/17/2008
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December 16 --- US Soccer: Four winners of
the 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards were announced...
on Tuesday. --- The seventh annual installment of the popular “Best Of” series is presented by Soccer America; fans had a chance to cast their ballot for all 12 categories from November 18 to December 8.
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US SOCCER announces four "Best of 2008" winners ...
ussoccer.com - 4/10/2008
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(from US Soccer .com) The USWNT rebounded from
a frustrating first half to score three second half...
goals – two by Natasha Kai – and clinch a spot in the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica in the semifinal of 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying. --- The U.S. will play Canada in the championship game on Saturday, April 12, with a kickoff at 7:30 p.m. MT...
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Match Recap: USA v COSTA RICA (Olympic Qualifying)
fifa.com - 10/29/2008
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October 29 --- FIFA.com: FIFA has today announced
the names of the nominees; the final decision will...
be made by the captains and head coaches of the men's and women's national teams. --- 23 men and 10 women on today's lists will be narrowed to 3 finalists of each gender for December's final vote.
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FIFA shortlists 2008 World Player of the Year candidates ...
mvn.com - 4/10/2008
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April 10 --- MVN Soccer: The US women’s
national team will join the U.S. men at the...
2008 Beijing Olympics, it was determined last night. --- The U.S. men qualified last month (by defeating Canada in their semifinal); then on this Wednesday night, the ladies did the same by winning their CONCACAF qualifying semifinal versus Costa Rica...
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U.S. women win, capture berth in 2008 Summer Olympics
ussoccer.com - 8/12/2008
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August 12 --- US Soccer: Heather O'Reilly and
Amy Rodriguez got the U.S. out to a 2-0...
lead in the first half, and Lindsay Tarpley and Angela Hucles put the game away in the second. --- Combined with Japan's 5-1 victory over Norway, the U.S. have leapfrogged Norway for the top spot in Group G, and will meet Canada in the quarterfinals.
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Match Recap: USA v NEW ZEALAND (Olympics) --- ...
mvn.com - 9/17/2008
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September 16 --- MVN Soccer: On Tuesday at
New York City’s Sports Museum of America, the future...
league now famous for co-ownership by the NBA’s Steve Nash and former Yahoo ! CEO Jeffrey Mallett announced their teams’ first player allocations…
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Women's Professional Soccer: Player allocations
ussoccer.com - 4/21/2008
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April 20 --- US Soccer .com: The U.S.
Women’s National Soccer Team was drawn into Group G...
at the 2008 Olympic Games and will face Norway, Japan and New Zealand in first round play. The Final Draw took place on the evening of April 20 in Beijing, China, placing the 12 teams in the Olympic women’s soccer competition into three groups...
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USWNT: US Soccer news from Sunday's Olympics draw
origin.ussoccer.com - 8/6/2008
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7:45 am EDT --- TV: MSNBC / NBC
Olympic Soccer Channel / Universal HD -- US Soccer.com:...
Norway is the only team to win Gold at the Olympics besides the U.S. Women; both have also won the FIFA Women's World Cup. --- USA had two 4-0 friendly wins over Norway this year, and are entirely undefeated in 2008. --- USA are defending champions and ranked #1 in the world. (shown: USA's Natasha Kai)
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Match Preview: USA v NORWAY - Olympics kickoff --- ...
mvn.com - 8/9/2008
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August 9 --- MVN Soccer: The USA Men
were off to an impressive start for the Games...
when they defeated Japan on Thursday night, and now on Saturday the Women have defeated Japan by the same score, 1-0…
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Like the Men, USA Women defeat Japan in Olympics
sportsbusinessdaily.com - 8/10/2008
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August 10 --- SportsBusinessDaily: NBC’s Beijing Games coverage
is on pace to be the most-watched Olympics in...
history, as through two days NBCU’s family of networks has attracted a record 114 million total viewers. --- NBCOlympics.com has totaled 132.6 million page views compared to 17.9 million page views for the first two days of the Athens Games...
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As of Sunday, U.S. TV Ratings on record pace
