OT: Soccer - US U-20 WNT vs Germany World Cup Final
WOOOOOOOOOO!!! U-S-A! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!!
Saturday in Tokyo the US U-20 WNT beat Germany 1-0 to win the Cup. It was the only goal Germany allowed in the whole tournament (record shutout streak of 610 minutes). Just before the half right back Crystal Dunn had a great run up the right side, beating a defender and sending a cross into the box, and F Kealia Ohai put it home. G Bryane Heaberlin and the team did a great job of keeping the Germans from scoring. (They had scored at least 3 goals in 4 of their 6 games, including a 3-0 win over the US.)
Captain defender Julie Johnston won the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third best player.
Prior to the final, Japan won 3rd place by beating Nigeria 2-1.
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Great job by our young women, and how sweet to get payback on Germany in the final!
Other US Soccer games:
Tu 9/11 @ 8PM ET on ESPN2 & 3 - MNT needs to get payback against Jamaica in Columbus.
Su 9/16 @ 3:30 PM ET on NBC - WNT has first friendly againt Australia in Carson, CA.
W 9/19 @ 10 PM ET on EPSN2 & 3 - WNT second friendly against Australia in Commerce City, CO. Pia Sundhage's last game as US coach.
Sundhage talks to USSoccer.com about coaching the WNT in the Olympics:
September 9th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
The women need a league to play in so they can stay in the USA. In Europe, the big club teams sponsor a women's team. But MLS is not to the level that they can do that.
What if NFL teams sponsored a women's soccer team? They obviously can't sponsor a women's (Amreican) football team. Could be a nice goodwill move and a good PR move.
Just an idle thought.
September 9th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
Third time's the charm? I sure hope there will be a women's soccer league that will stick around and not fold after 3 yrs. It's important to have players continue to develop after college. Abby Wambach is a great example of someone who made an impact in club play to get onto the national team. (Being paired with Mia Hamm certainly didn't hurt.)
I have doubts many NFL owners would spend the money to sponsor a team.
September 9th, 2012 at 8:36 PM ^
I've heard that both of the first two leagues were mismanaged. Supposedly the interest and fanbase is big enough, but the leagues have been plagued by bad decision-making and leadership.
I'd love to have a real league. I'd watch women's soccer before tennis and poker, fergodsakes.
September 9th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
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September 9th, 2012 at 10:52 PM ^
Hopefully this isn't a double post, but it looks like my attempt to post an hour ago failed.
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this because I probably wouldn't have seen it in the regular news media with CFB, NFL, MLB and US Open going on right now.
I loved the video and seeing that sweet enthusiasm of the young women who were also well-spoken. They are also apparently talented enough to carry on the US Womens Soccer winning tradition for the next decade.