As the U.S. WNT has done more than a few times under Pia Sundhage, they left it late and got the
job done, scoring twice in the last five minutes of the game to come from behind and defeat a gusty
New Zealand side by a 2-1 score. The sell-out crowd of 20,677 was the largest to watch the U.
U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18 players that will suit up against New Zealand
tomorrow at 3 p.m. CT at FC Dallas Stadium. The game is expected to be a sell-out in the
20,500-seat venue and the U.S. players are looking forward to a fantastic Texas reception.
U.S. Roster vs. New Zealand
Feb.
Hope Solo denies an Alex Morgan blastCan't say there is much to report from U.S. WNT training in chilly Frisco, Texas. All the players
are healthy and gunning for spots on the 18-player roster for the New Zealand game, but since
there's not much new, we decided to put together a top-10 What's New?
The beginning of a U.S. WNT camp inevitably features the Beep Test, the USA's endurance/fitness
test that involves running back and forth between cones -- and beeps -- with the time between beeps
getting shorter as the players advance through the test. Suffice it to say, it hurts, but the U.
Lauren Cheney gets a step on Amy Lepeilbet, but Hope Solo stands between her and the
goalAfter a brief week-long break since winning the 2012 Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament in
Canada, the U.S. team has re-grouped in Frisco, Texas for a five days of training before facing New
Zealand on Saturday, Feb.
U.S. defender Ali Krieger underwent surgery this morning at Commonwealth Orthopedics in Fairfax,
Va., to repair the torn ACL in her right knee suffered in the first match of the 2012 CONCACAF
Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Krieger also tore her MCL, but that ligament was not
surgically repaired as it has the ability to heal naturally during the rehabilitation process.
The U.S. Women celebrate their 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament title on
Sunday.
The U.S. Women's National Team put up some staggering results to win the CONCACAF Women's
Olympic Qualifying Tournament to open 2012: five wins, five shutouts, 38 goals and of course a
berth into the 2012 London Olympics.
New Zealand goalkeeper Jenny Bindon (21), seen making a save in front of U.S. WNT midfielder Carli
Lloyd in 2007, has been named to head coach Tony Readings' roster for a Feb. 11 match in
Texas.
New Zealand head coach Tony Readings has named an 18-player roster for its international match
against the U.
After qualifying for the 2012 Olympics by defeating Costa Rica in the semifinal, the U.S. WNT has
just one more task at hand and it won't be an easy one. The Americans will face Canada in the
championship game of the tournament in front of a crowd expected to be more than 20,000 screaming
Canadians at BC Place on Sunday evening.
The U.S. WNT will play a HUGE match early in year on Friday night, Jan. 27, when it faces Costa
Rica in the semifinal of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying Tournament for a berth to the
London Olympics.
A HIGHLY motivated U.S. team will kick-off the clash with the Central Americans at 5 p.
The more than 500 hundred million dollars that went into the recent renovations of BC Place seem to
be well spent as the incredibly aesthetic building as been a great host to the USA and all the
teams in the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The down-sizing of the upper deck with
flowing tarps that drape out over the field rather than back over the seats makes the venue
intimate and the artificial turf field is about as good as you can get for that kind of surface.
The U.S. team once again practiced indoors at BC Place (with the weather so far in Vancouver, trust
us when we say outdoors would not be too much fun), this time in preparation for its final Group B
match vs. Mexico. The CONCACAF neighbors will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. PT. Fans can
watch the game live on Universal Sports Network, Universalsports.
