USMNT: US Soccer news from Sunday's Olympics draw

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US DRAW ANNOUNCED FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
Published 4/21/2008 by Red Bulls Reader at RED BULLS READER HAS MOVED!!
... of all four groups. Two Red Bulls are in contention for selection to the team, as both Jozy Altidore and Hunter Freeman participated in the qualifying rounds. The US will open the tournament with Japan on August 7, before taking on the Netherlands on August 10. Both games will be played in Tianjin before the US rounds out group play in the host city of Beijing on August 10, playing Nigeria. HERE is an article from Michael Lewis on MLSNet.com HERE is the official release from USSoccer.com HERE is a quote sheet from ...

2008 Olympics Draw — Complete Results and USA Recaps for Men and Women
Published 4/21/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
US Soccer provides full details on each of our teams and their tournaments at these links… The U.S. Women 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 of four teams. The U.S. Men The field of 16 teams is divided into four groups of four. The top two finishers in each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The tournament will take place across five venues – Beijing, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenyang and Tianjin. Shanghai ...

US Men’s Olympic Draw for Beijing
Published 4/21/2008 by dunny at TheOriginalWinger.com
... include; Argentina, Ivory Coast, Serbia and Australia Italy, Cameroon, South Korea and Honduras Brazil, Belgium, China and New Zealand Peter Nowak will have to have his roster finalized in late July and keep this in mind. Nowak can only name an 18 man roster for the Olympic Games, including his THREE over age players. And you thought there were surprises for the Olympic Qualification Tournament? [image and information via USSoccer.com] Men’s Olympic Group B Schedule ...

2008 US Olympic Future Discovered...
Published 4/21/2008 by Bonji at From College to the Pros - The US soccer ladder
The US Olympic team will play Japan, the Netherlands and Nigeria this summer at the Bejing Summer Olympics. The young Americans will have to place in the top two of the group in order to move onto the Quarterfinals. Matches kick off in August. ...

Onyewu wins the Belgian title with Standard Liege
Published 4/22/2008 by Mr. Garcia-Prats at Yanks Abroad Soccer Highlights
*Yanks Down South review of all the Americans in Mexico. *A little late, but here are some quotes about the Olympic draw which is a tough one. ...