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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Nigeria vs Belgium Highlights: Olympic Semifinal Highlights
blog.soccerslave.com 8/19/2008 — Nigeria thumped surprise package Belgium 4-1 to reach the Olympic soccer final for the first time since winning the tournament 12 years ago. Goals from Olubayo Adefemi, Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi and Chibuzor Okonkwo sealed the game for the Nigerians, Belgium scored a consolation late goal through Laurent Ciman.
Another Reason To Hate NBC’s Olympic Soccer Coverage
epltalk.com 8/20/2008 — Watching Brazil against Argentina in the semi-final of the Olympic games this morning, I felt like I was in a timewarp back to the late 1980’s. That’s because NBC, in their infinite stupidity, are breaking for TV commercials in the middle ...
Soccer - Blatter tells China to start developing youth —
The Far Post Report
Home Soccer - Blatter tells China to start developing youth Print E-mail on 25 Aug 2008 By Brian Homewood BEIJING (Reuters) - China must develop a solid youth policy if they want to succeed at soccer, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday. China recently failed to make the final stage of the Asian World Cup qualifiers and were knocked out at the group stage of the Olympic ...
USA Women Win Back The Gold, And An Olympic Wrap Up —
du Nord
The Final and a tournament wrap up by du Nord's Women's Soccer Major Tournament Correspondent Adam. In a fairytale ending to their Olympic tournament, the underdog US team saved its gutsiest performance for last, beating Brazil 1-0 to win its second straight gold medal. Here are some final thoughts about the tournament. 1. US Can Score without Abby When Abby Wambach hit the ground with a ...
Olympics Update - Saturday's Men's Final result —
MLS Expansion And Development
In one of the last big events of the 2008 Summer Games, over 89,000 showed up to the Beijing 'Bird's Nest' to witness defending champions Argentina take on another previous Gold Medal-winning nation - Nigeria - in the Men's Soccer Final...
This exciting Saturday soccer match with a filled Olympic Stadium extended a heated rivarly between these two men's Olympic teams. In 1996, Argentina ...
Saturday night Olympics — ARGENTINA Men Take Home the Gold —
The World's Beautiful Game
In one of the last big events of the 2008 Summer Games, over 89,000 showed up to the Beijing ‘Bird’s Nest’ to witness defending champions Argentina take on another previous Gold Medal-winning nation - Nigeria - in the Men’s Soccer Final…
This exciting Saturday soccer match with a filled Olympic Stadium extended a heated rivarly between these two men’s ...
OLYMPICS - ARGENTINA wins the Gold versus NIGERIA —
San Diego eXtreme Sports Coalition
In one of the last big events of the 2008 Summer Games, over 89,000 showed up to the Beijing 'Bird's Nest' to witness defending champions Argentina take on another previous Gold Medal-winning nation - Nigeria - in the Men's Soccer Final...
This exciting Saturday soccer match with a filled Olympic Stadium extended a heated rivarly between these two men's Olympic teams. In 1996, Argentina ...
Argentina wins Olympic gold —
Soccer y Fútbol
Argentina killed two birds with one stone Saturday. Not only did they successfully defend their Olympic gold, but they also avenged their Atlanta 1996 final loss to Nigeria with a 1-0 victory in Beijing. Read about it here. Brazil, which...
OLYMPICS ARGENTINA Men beat NIGERIA in Final —
San Diego MLS Project
In one of the last big events of the 2008 Summer Games, over 89,000 showed up to the Beijing 'Bird's Nest' to witness defending champions Argentina take on another previous Gold Medal-winning nation - Nigeria - in the Men's Soccer Final...
This exciting Saturday soccer match with a filled Olympic Stadium extended a heated rivarly between these two men's Olympic teams. In 1996, Argentina ...
Video:Argentina retain Olympic gold —
SoccerBlog.com
Two Olympic golds in a row for Argentina.Hungary was the last team to do that - winning consecutive golds in 1964 and 1968.
20-year old Angel Di Maria - known as "The Little Angel" - came up with a heavenly chip that sailed over the goalie and into the net.It was to be the only goal of the final.
Nigeria vs Argentina Olympics 2008 Finals Highlights
Men's Olympic Final: Argentina vs. Nigeria (Your Running Commentary) —
Soccer By Ives
Good evening folks. If you are a die-hard soccer fan getting ready to pass up a Friday night on the town for a Friday night of great soccer, this is the place to be.
Argentina will look to repeat as Olympic champion today when it takes on Nigeria in the Men's Olympic Final. The game is airing on CNBC and Telemundo, but you can also watch it at the NBC Olympic Website, where you can also ...
Not a fan of Olympic soccer? Just watch Messi —
Soccer Examiner
In case you haven’t been tuning in to the Olympic men’s soccer tournament, the final game on Friday at midnight ET will feature Argentina and Nigeria in a battle for the gold medal. And if you appreciate incredible individual skill, th...
OLYMPICS USA Women beat BRAZIL in Final —
San Diego MLS Project
from US Soccer,
The U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team put together a near perfect defensive performance to hold powerful Brazil scoreless for 120 minutes while getting a goal from Carli Lloyd just six minutes into overtime to record a historic 1-0 victory and earn the gold medal. This victory marked the third gold medal for the U.S. women in four Olympic Games. The USA also won gold in ...
Olympic Final: USA vs. Brazil (Your Running Commentary) —
Soccer By Ives
The U.S. women's national team has a chance for some sweet revenge, and a taste of gold this morning as the Americans face off against Brazil in today's Olympic women's soccer final.
You may recall Brazil is the same team that roasted the U.S. team, 4-0, in the World Cup semifinals last year. The U.S. team has overcome the loss of Abby Wambach, and a tournament-opening loss to Norway, ...
2008 Olympics: Final Drama —
Sports articles at Blogcritics
The soccer drama increases as the number of Americans involved decreases.
It took a few days to have some truly entertaining Olympic coverage that was actually live, that I didn't ruin for myself by opening my Yahoo! homepage and seeing the results before they aired on television. As it turns out, there was drama to be had on the soccer pitch, especially within the men's bracket.The women's ...
Argentina see off sorry Brazil —
Changing China
The cheers before kickoff in the Beijing Workers’ Stadium were for five-times world champions Brazil and Ronaldinho. At the final whistle, the Chinese crowd rose to acclaim Argentina after a 3-0 win against nine-man Brazil sent them through to the Olympic final.
China may be a relatively untapped soccer market, but the 50,000 plus crowd knew that the best team had won on the night. ...
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