| By Curt and Jamila Hayman (Chief Editors),
on Wednesday Aug, 20 2008 12:13:06 am MST
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BEIJING (AP) -The U.S. women's soccer team is getting used to recoveries at the Beijing Games. Down
1-0 and being outplayed by Japan in Monday's semifinal, the Americans
found ways to score two quick goals just before halftime and rallied to
a 4-2 victory that sent the defending champions to yet another Olympic
final against Brazil.
Angela Hucles
scored her first goal of the match in the 41st minute and Lori Chalupny
added another just three minutes later to put the U.S. back in the
game, and Hucles and Heather O'Reilly each scored in the second half to
seal the American victory at Workers' Stadium. "We found the
strength to stay in the match and get the goals we needed," U.S.
captain Christie Rampone said. "We knew we could come back, we have
done it before." The U.S. got off to a slow start at this
year's Olympics, losing 2-0 to Norway before recovering to advance in
first place in its group. It was in danger of being eliminated from the
competition if it failed to win its last group match, but it was able
to go through with a 4-0 win over New Zealand. It will be the fourth straight Olympic final for the U.S., which beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time four years ago in Athens.
"The
great thing with this team is that we use pressure as motivation,"
Chalupny said. "We look forward to those pressure situations." SOURCE: NBC OLYMPICS
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