Abby tallies in the 10th minute from the penalty spotThe U.S. WNT played its first match since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup last night at the
fantastic LIVESTRONG Sporting Park (the best medium-sized stadium in the country? Could be....) and
while the Americans showed some flashes of dynamic soccer, there was also some rust to be shaken
off, and probably the best part of the night was the crowd.
You think those kids wanted Abby's autograph? They got it...The U.S. WNT arrived in Portland tonight at around 7:30 p.m. after a brief delay in their flight
from Kansas City and received a rousing greeting from a few teams worth of young soccer players,
who came out strong with signs, baloons, painted faces and quote a few things to autographs
(including faces.
What a beautiful day it was for soccer (or pretty much anything else) today in Portland as the U.S.
WNT held its first training since arriving in the Rose City on Sunday night. Pia turned the squad
over to the folks at Nike, who ran the players through the Nike Elite Training 2.0, which consists
of various physical and soccer tests, or more accurately:
PREMIUM FOOTBALL TRAINING EXPERIENCE TO ENABLE SKILLED AND COMMITTED FOOTBALLERS TO FULFILL THEIR
POTENTIAL.
