U.S. women’s national team players and staff landed in Brazil on Thursday, one week ahead of their Rio 2016 Olympics opener against New Zealand.
The team took off from Washington, D.C., in search of bringing back to the United States a fourth straight Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer, and the fifth in six all-time competitions. The 2015 World Cup champions were in good spirits en route to Brazil:
All smiles on travel day! Here we come, Brazil! #OneNationOneTeam #RoadtoRio pic.twitter.com/DHmtPwWAQ3
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@ussoccer_wnt) July 28, 2016
✌️out America ?? See you soon, Brazil! ?? pic.twitter.com/lpASzQSGjI
— Kelley O'Hara (@kohara19) July 28, 2016
The #roadtorio started a long time ago but the actual road (or plane?) starts now… See y'all in 15 hours! pic.twitter.com/7MrvLhSy8m
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) July 28, 2016
Off to Brazil with my gals!!??♥️ pic.twitter.com/f3zmsmAoH6
— Ali Krieger (@alikrieger) July 28, 2016
One more ✈️! See ya in a few hours, Belo Horizonte! #RoadToRio #OneNationOneTeam pic.twitter.com/8dRP2UHvyK
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@ussoccer_wnt) July 28, 2016
Oh, and Thursday is Ali Krieger’s birthday:
We made it São Paulo & it's @alikrieger's birthday!
But first…coffee. #HappyBirthdayKriegs pic.twitter.com/umefn6FIBA
— U.S. Soccer WNT (@ussoccer_wnt) July 28, 2016
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