Women's World Cup: the South Bay Kiwi & Canadian Bruin

Shannon Boxx isn't the only Southern Californian at the Women's World Cup; Torrance resident Simone Carmichael (Ferrara) is representing New Zealand after recovering from a devastating achilles injury in May.

New Zealand plays China at 4:55 a.m. Wednesday on ESPN2 in its last group game so I e-mailed Simone to see if she would get some playing time.