Saturday, July 2, 2011

Women's Soccer World Cup USA


And the U.S. women's soccer team, she says, has its swagger back.

Korean team and failed to produce quality shots.

"If you have swagger," Wambach says, "you can have 45 minutes with no goal and still come out and score two goals in the next 45 minutes. "If you look at the film of the North Korea game, we're not yelling at each other. The Americans hope to carry that attitude into their second match — Saturday evening (noon, ET) against Colombia in Sinsheim.


The Americans would love to win the group and avoid a quarterfinal matchup against Brazil, the likely Group D winner.

The game, which is a sellout, will be played in an elegant, two-year-old stadium that seats 25,641 fans.

Colombia, ranked 31st and making its first trip to the World Cup, lost its debut 1-0 to fifth-ranked Sweden. Sundhage says she's not particularly concerned whether or not Rincon plays.

We have a game plan."

Sinsheim, Germany (Sports Network) - The United States women's national team eased concerns about its pre-World Cup form Tuesday, and a win over Colombia on Saturday could seal a berth in the knockout stage.

With a match with Sweden looming on the final day of group play, the U.S. can take the pressure off with a win against Colombia. If Sweden also beats North Korea on Saturday, both the U.S. and Sweden would clinch knockout berths.

Yoreli Rincon, Colombia's 17-year-old sensation, played a deeper role against Sweden, but may be forced to play a more attacking role if Colombia hopes to pull off an upset.

The U.S.-Colombia match is sold out, making it the first game not involving hosts Germany to be at capacity during the 2011 Women’s World Cup. The stadium, which is the home of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, holds just over 25,000 for Women’s World Cup matches.

In perhaps the most entertaining of the first six matches of the Women's World Cup, the USA picked up a huge win over North Korea 2-0 as Women's World Cup debutantes Lauren Cheney and Rachel Buehler scored in the second half. ESPN, ESPN3.com, Galavision Rhein-Neckar-Arena; Sinsheim
July 6 Sweden 2:30 p.m. After the first eight games (each of the 16 teams in the tournament had played one match), the average winning margin was the lowest in Women's World Cup history. Colombia’s top attacker is 17-year-old Yoreli Rincon, who scored five times in the Women’s World Cup qualifying matches.

Colombia qualified for its first Women’s World Cup by finishing second at the South American Women’s Championships last November. OPPONENT CAPSULE: Colombia
Current FIFA World Ranking: 31
USA All-time record vs. Colombia: 0-0-0
Last Meeting vs. USA: None
Head Coach: Ricardo Rozo
Key Players: D Nataly Arias, F Catalina Usme, F Ingrid Vidal, M Yorely Rincon

COLOMBIA Quick Hits:

* Colombia finished second at the South American championship to qualify for the Women's World Cup for the first time.
The 49-year-old steered Colombia to fourth place at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany before guiding Colombia to second place in the South American Women’s Championship.
* 11 different players scored for Colombia during South American Women’s World Cup qualifying and the team scored 19 goals, more than any other team.

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