0 US Women 2 Games Away From Olympic Gold

Today the US Women's National Team defeated New Zealand 2-0 to advance to the semifinals of the 2012 London Olympic soccer tournament.  Goals by Abby Wambach and Sydney LeRoux sent the Americans through, but the offensive prowess of Alex Morgan, with an assist on Wambach's goal and other devastating play, should not go unnoticed. 

Congrats to the Women Nats!  Only 2 more games until they bring home the gold.  After the US Men's U-23 team's pathetic failure to qualify for the Olympics, its up to our women (again) to restore some pride to American soccer.  Show them some love!

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0 US Women Advance to Olympic Quarterfinals!

Megan Rapinoe puts the US ahead!

After only 2 games, the US women's national team has already advanced to the quarterfinals of the Olympic soccer tournament with a 3-0 defeat of Colombia.

Megan Rapinoe (Redding, CA) built on her strong Olympic debut with a player-of-the-game performance today.  For quite some time the Futbol Collective has been enamored with Rapinoe's impressive wide play and ability to provide the quality service American forwards like Abby Wambach deserve.

Rapinoe's efforts were rewarded with the opening goal after a hard strike from distance in the 33rd minute.  Wambach then made it 2-0 in the second half - and in the meantime became the US's all-time leading scorer in Olympic play.  Finally veteran Carli Lloyd put the game out of reach in the 77th minute after an assist from Rapinoe.


 The US will play North Korea Tuesday in its final game of group play.  Big shout out to the USA women making American soccer proud once again. 

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