U.S. Women Find Way, Win Gold -- After Losing Opening Game, They Nip Brazil for Third Soccer Title
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › August 22, 2008
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BEIJING - They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field.
They dropped their first game, hardly an auspicious start for a country that had lost only one other in three Olympics. But bit by bit, game by game, they came together, figuring out what it would take to win.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Women Find Way, Win Gold -- After Losing Opening Game, They Nip Brazil for Third Soccer Title
On Thursday night, the U.S. women's soccer team stood as one, Olympic gold medals around their necks, champions once again.
"Vindicated? I feel gr...See the full content of this document
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