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CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day 6: United States continues dominance, pummels Mexico
Payback is what they sought and payback is what they got. The United States defeated Mexico 4-0 on Tuesday in women’s soccer Olympic qualifying in Vancouver, B.C., avenging a World Cup qualifying loss from
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CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day 5: More of the same
Monday brought more of the same in CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying: Lopsided games. Not even Canada and Costa Rica, the supposedly fourth best team in the region, could produce any type of enticing
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CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day 4: It’s Leroux, this time
On Friday it was Amy Rodriguez. On Sunday it was Sydney Leroux. Both scored five goals after entering the match as a halftime substitute, just two days apart. Like Rodriguez, Leroux had her first
Read More »CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day 3: Canada and Costa Rica clinch
Just as expected, Canada and Costa Rica are through to the semifinal round of CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying with ease. Both were victorious by 2-0 score lines on Saturday. Host Canada topped Cuba
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Krieger tears right ACL and MCL, will likely miss Olympics
The United States women’s national team received a crushing blow on Saturday with the news that defender Ali Krieger will miss 6-8 months with a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee. Krieger
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CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day Two: Blowouts continue
Friday will be remembered as the day that the United States women’s soccer team dropped two touchdowns on the Dominican Republic to blowout its lowly neighbors to the south 14-0. The game showed just
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USWNT 14-0 Dominican Republic: The gap is wider than we thought
Hold that talk on how much progress women’s soccer has made. The 2011 Women’s World Cup was the most competitive ever, but it is clear that the gap between the good teams and the
Read More »CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying Day One: Canada, Costa Rica cruise
Everything went as expected on Thursday, the opening night of the CONCACAF women’s soccer Olympic qualifying tournament from Vancouver, B.C. Costa Rica dominated Cuba in a 2-0 win and Canada thumped on Haiti 6-0
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Homicide occurs in Vancouver hotel housing USWNT
Vancouver, B.C.’s first homicide of 2012 occurred alarmingly close to the United States women’s national team. The shooting happened around 8:45 p.m. PT on Tuesday in the Bar One restaurant inside the Sheraton Wall
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Sundhage’s Olympic qualifying roster features minor but interesting tweaks
U.S. Soccer announced Pia Sundhage’s 20 player Olympic qualifying roster on Monday and everything went pretty much as expected, with a couple of minor tweaks. Nineteen of the 21 players who went to Germany
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