Articles tagged with "2008-olympics"
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 29th, 2008
According to the Swedish website, SR International, our fearless leader just got a little more fearless as she recently declined an invitation to meet ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 25th, 2008
Insomnia. I have it and I've spent the past ooooh no-idea-how-long thinking about our WNT and the Olympics and the lessons we are going ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 23rd, 2008
Please DO take a few moments to read the NBC article on the positive effects of Pia Sundhage's tenure as head coach of the USWNT, ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 21st, 2008
It was an overtime goal from Carli Lloyd that ended the game at 1-0. The USA brings home the Gold YET AGAIN (haters to ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 19th, 2008
Unless you are living under a rock, you already know the US women will face Brazil this Thursday morning to compete for the Olympic gold ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 15th, 2008
Mini vacation is now officially over, I've removed my Out Of Office Reply, and I'm finally back to "work" covering our Women's National Team. ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by bobby | Aug 13th, 2008
Just a quick update...
The Elephants defeated Australia 1-0 today, to move on to the next stage. They will face Nigeria next, a foe they ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 13th, 2008
This was obviously the way it was going to go down.
Regardless of the fact that they had somehow managed to be group leaders heading into ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 12th, 2008
Yes, I am back. I have returned from my six day scouting trip of Wyoming only to come home empty handed, with no gallivanting ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by bobby | Aug 12th, 2008
Cissé Sékou, attaquant des éléphants olympiques : “Nous avons des atouts pour battre les Australiens”
Well, that isn't exactly a guarantee, but.....it looks like des éléphants ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 12th, 2008
Dear U.S. Men's Team,
Please don't eff this up. I don't mean to be harsh or unduly negative, but let's face it -- you guys ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 12th, 2008
I had a grand plan to write the Moby Dick of World Cup Blog posts: addressing the USWNT's dreaded midfield issues, their sometimes maybe somewhat ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 10th, 2008
I recently discovered the Wired How-To Wiki which, as the title suggests, is a site where anyone can create an account and post a howto ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 10th, 2008
What a letdown.
The U.S. men's team dominated the second half against the Netherlands, coming back from a 1-0 halftime deficit with two goals in ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 9th, 2008
The USWNT beat Japan 1-0 with a Carli Lloyd goal in the 28th minute. And the team that showed up to play this game ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 8th, 2008
This one is on at... 2am! Too bad the NBCOlympics website locks everyone out of their videos unless we are running *ahem* certain operating ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 8th, 2008
Circumstances rarely conspire in favor of the U.S. men's soccer team, but that's what happened yesterday when they notched a 1-0 victory over Japan while ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by bobby | Aug 7th, 2008
I haven't had a chance to watch the game, but it looks like the Elephants were pretty evenly matched for most of the match. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Aug 7th, 2008
After going without a goal in either of their two ING Cup matches, the U.S. Men's team started their Olympic campaign off with a 1-0 ...
Posted on: Cote d'Ivoire World Cup Team Blog by bobby | Aug 6th, 2008
What's the capital of Cote d'Ivoire?
The answer, of course, is Yamoussoukro.
If you knew the answer to that, then you are one step ahead of me. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 6th, 2008
It's ok. I'm used to losing. I've been following the San Jose Earthquakes this season. This morning, in the first six minutes ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 4th, 2008
If you are a fan of the USA team and the women's game, then it's definitely time for you to click on over to the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 2nd, 2008
With the two warm-up games in the books, one thing sticks out more painfully than the rest. The statistic that reads "Goals - USA: ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Aug 2nd, 2008
For the second straight game of the ING Cup, the USA failed to win.
For the second straight game of the ING Cup, the USA failed ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Aug 1st, 2008
"I'm Hope Solo and I approve this message"
I searched the internets far and wide for articles from qualified sources that preview all the women's ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Jul 29th, 2008
It's really quite an odd term, but one that absolutely fits... at least in my head.
It came to me as I was viewing this ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Melissa | Jul 29th, 2008
If you've been reading the USWNT blog, you know the team is up to a lot of traveling and training this week. Hope Solo ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Jul 29th, 2008
I have it on good authority that the U.S. team is employing the following training techniques to prepare for the Olympics...
I think the friendship moves ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 10th, 2008
Ronaldinho says he's going to the Olympics, Barcelona be damned.
All right, that's a paraphrase. What he actually said was this:
"I feel very positive and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 6th, 2008
Good news for US fans of Olympic soccer who are worrying about not being able to see the games. NBC feels our pain and ...
