OT: Soccer - US U-20 WNT Beat Nigeria, gets Rematch w/Germany in Final; MNT News
The US U-20 WNT beat Nigeria 2-0 and will face defending champ Germany in the final on Sat morning (6:10 ET on ESPNU).
Nigeria had a great chance early when Francisca Ordega got behind the D on a long ball. Bryane Haeberlin came out to challenge at the top of the box and got nutmegged, but the shot was just wide.
Morgan Brian was left unmarked at 22' and scored on a header off a cross from Mollie Pathman.
At 52' Desire Oparanozie almost equalized, but was called offside.
Kealia Ohai got the insurance at 70' after a nice pass from Samantha Mewis.
Germany was rude to host Japan, scoring the first goal at 57s, on the way to a 3-0 win. So far they haven't given up a goal. They beat the US 3-0 in group play. Hopefully the final will be a good game and a better result for us. Go USA!!!
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September 5th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
Glad all that EPL drama with Dempsey is over so he can just play. Lookin forward to seeing him September 7th on TV and September 11th in person.
September 5th, 2012 at 8:58 PM ^
I remember my first day on the Internet too.
September 5th, 2012 at 9:12 PM ^
Games were Tuesday morning, so I figured interested people would have already seen them.
September 5th, 2012 at 9:02 PM ^
Needs moar Alex Morgan.
September 5th, 2012 at 9:08 PM ^
Why is the US U-20 good, but the over 20s arent?
September 5th, 2012 at 9:13 PM ^
So you missed the Olympics?
September 6th, 2012 at 12:54 PM ^
If you mean the women, the senior team has never finished worse than 3rd in any major tournament. They were 2nd in last year's World Cup and won the Olympics a few weeks ago.
If you mean the men, the junior teams have struggled even worse than the senior team lately. The u-23s failed to even qualify for the Olympics.
September 6th, 2012 at 9:13 AM ^
Morgan Brian was left unmarked at 22' and scored on a header off a cross from Mollie Pathman.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!