Match Recap: USA v COSTA RICA (Olympic Qualifying)

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TSR: MLS 0-for-semis
Published 4/10/2008 by Beau Dure at The Netminder
... - The news for U.S. fans isn't all bad in CONCACAF: The U.S. women needed 57 minutes to break down Costa Rica but poured in three goals to advance to Beijing. In the other winner-take-all qualifier, the home crowd wasn't quite enough to ...

U.S. women win, capture berth in 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Published 4/10/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
... will play Canada in the championship game of the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, April 12, with a kickoff at 7:30 p.m. MT…” “In the second game of Wednesday night’s doubleheader, Canada made a first-half goal stand up against Mexico to win 1-0 and disappoint another packed stadium at Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez, earning its first-ever berth to the Olympics in women’s soccer.” Full Report, http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_6029312.html

Attractive Olympian: Goalkeeper Hope Solo
Published 4/23/2008 by Matt Ufford at FanHouse
... Back in the starting spot after a lengthy fallout, Solo will return to China this summer as the American women try for a return to the gold medal podium. The 26-year-old goalie from Washington once recorded 1,054 straight minutes without a goal allowed for the national team, and she's clearly the best female goalkeeper in the country -- and maybe the world. ...