Qualifying Teams : Group A : China Sweden Canada Group B : Brazil Germany Group C : USA Norway Japan USA 2-1 Canada ( Aug 15- Shanghai) ( Angela Hucles, Natasha Kai/ Christine Sinclair) Brazil 2-1 Norway ( Aug 15- Tianjin) ( Marta, Daniela/ Siri Nordby penalty) Sweden 0-2 Germany ( Aug 15- Shenyang) ( Kerstin Gerefrekes, Simone Laudehr) China 0-2 Japan ( Aug 15- Qinhuangdao) ( Homare Sawa, Yuki Nagasato) Click to continue reading...

Group G of the Women's Football Tournament at the Summer Olympics in Beijing consists of Japan, the USA, Norway and New Zealand. Team Played Won Lost Drawn GF GA GD Points Norway 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 6 USA 2 1 1 0 1 2 -1 3 New Zealand 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 Japan 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 1 Norway 2-0 USA ( Aug 6- Qinhuangdao) ( Leni Kaurin, Melissa Wiik) Japan 2-2 New Zealand ( Aug 6- Qinhuangdao) ( Aya Miyama pen, Homare Sawa/ Kirsty Yallop, Amber Yearn pen) USA 1-0 Japan ( Aug 9- [. Click to continue reading...

Very tired tonight. Three and a half hours on the train from Qinhuangdao to Tianjin, a half-hour... Click to continue reading...

In Qinhuangdao - I did not have web access in Shanghai, hence no post from there. This one will be... Click to continue reading...

Below is a press release from U.S. Soccer with the list of TV stations playing U.S. Men's and Women's Olympic soccer matches. Take a look, then set your alarms REAL early for some of the games. Vamos USA!

ALL U.S. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OLYMPIC SOCCER GROUP MATCHES
TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON NBC FAMILY OF NETWORKS

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The U.S. Women's National Team is ready to kick off their Group G Olympic opener against Norway at 7:45 p.m. local time / 6:45 a.m. CT on Wednesday, August 6th, at Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium. The match will be broadcast live on MSNBC and Universal HD, with the pre-game show starting at 7:30 a.

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The USWNT and Coach Pia Sundhage are settled in China (Qinhuangdao to be exact) training and doing a little touring, as you can see. The WNT Blog is proving to be a very entertaining source of information for USWNT aficionados. Check it out. It's often updated these days, as the team settles in and [. Click to continue reading...

The Phillies and Chase Utley pulled out of their slump last night with a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's. Kyle Kendrick pitched 8 strong innings and Utley went 4 for 5 after a long drought. Let's hope the Phillies continue their winning ways now. In the soccer world, US Soccer has posted an [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...