Hello,
From when I'm writing this in a little over a hour the USA will battle Brazil in the Women's World Cup Quarterfinals. This is a humonguous test for the USA. Brazil is a country full of amazing soccer players. Brazil's most amazing women's soccer player is Marta, considered the best women's player in the world. Brazil sailed through qualifying winning their 3 games by a combined score of 7-0. That's right Brazil hasn't given up a goal in this entire Women's World Cup.
Meanwhile the USA outscored their three opponents 6-2 in winning two of three matches. They shut out Korea and Columbia before giving up two goals to Sweden in their loss. There's no shame in giving up goals to Sweden. They are a very good team, whipping Australia today 3-1 to advance to the semi-finals, and they have the best post goal team celebration.
Good news for all other countries in this Women's World Cup, host nation Germany was eliminated by a very tough Japanese team yesterday. This Women's World Cup field is now wide open.
There's going to be a lot of pressure on American goalie Hope Solo. Let's hope she lives up to her uniform number, #1.
I won't be able to watch today's USA-Brazil match, but I'll be cheering them on in spirit.
thewomen'sworldcupaddict
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