Salon.com > Hope Solo Twitter http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 23:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Women’s soccer earns World Cup rematch — barely http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/womens_soccer_earns_world_cup_rematch_barely/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/womens_soccer_earns_world_cup_rematch_barely/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:05:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12974400 The big Olympics story today, at least for Americans, was supposed to be gymnastics. But Gabby Douglas didn’t win, and the U.S. women’s soccer team almost didn’t win either, and that makes them the bigger story.

If Andy Murray’s victory over Roger Federer Sunday is a story of redemption, just think about what it’s going to be like on Thursday when the U.S women's soccer team gets a rematch against Japan with a gold medal on the line.

There are those who would argue Team USA’s World Cup loss last summer to the Japanese far outweighs whatever happens in London this week; after all, they say, soccer really doesn’t even belong in the Olympics. To this I would reply: They were saying the same thing about tennis a short time ago. So now ask Andy Murray if the gold medal means as much to him as whatever they give the winner at Wimbledon.

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