Women's World Cup: USA, Germany roll
Second-half goals from Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly helped the U.S. women's national team roll past England, 3-0, in the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup in China this morning. Yes, I was actually awake for the second half of this game, which I watched intently (well, as intently as you can watch while still being half asleep.)
In the day's earlier quarter (only seen by bakers, Germans, North Koreans and people coming back from the club) Germany trounced North Korea, 3-0. The shutout was Germany's fourth in four World Cup matches.
The other two quarterfinals, Norway-China and Brazil-Australia, will take place on Sunday morning. Germany faces the Norway/China winner on Wednesday while the U.S. team faces the Brazil-Australia winner on Thursday.
The World Cup final is set for Sept. 30th.
Walcott is terrible.
Why is he still on the field for the Gunners?
Posted by: Garret | September 22, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Nice work ladies! The first half had me feeling that England was going to win, but our ladies came out flying in the second half. Congratulations and good luck in the semis!
Posted by: Nick | September 22, 2007 at 11:32 AM
The USWNT have finally woken up and played very well today. Looks like they may be peaking at the right time. Osbourne and Boxy were tight as D-mids and really gave Kelly Smith fits... Abby Wambaugh is tough as a Sherman tank... On to the semis!
Posted by: ag nigrin | September 22, 2007 at 04:12 PM
Wow I just watched the highlights... that third goal was hilarious
Posted by: Joamiq | September 22, 2007 at 04:14 PM
Brazil will be a challenge. They have a strong midfield and some amazing firepower up top. Luckily they have some issues at the back. If we make them defend we should be ok.
Posted by: mbrose | September 23, 2007 at 01:26 PM
good job
Posted by: meltem | August 30, 2008 at 05:00 PM