CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008: Women's soccer-U.S. retain gold against Brazil at the Beijing Games
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CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008: Women's soccer-U.S. retain gold against Brazil at the Beijing Games
- Title: CHINA: OLYMPICS BEIJING 2008: Women's soccer-U.S. retain gold against Brazil at the Beijing Games
- Date: 23rd August 2008
- Summary: (S2) BEIJING, CHINA (AUGUST 22, 2008) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM POSING WITH MEDALS VARIOUS OF U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM SITTING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. DEFENDER, KATE MARKGRAF, SAYING: "Winning this gold has been a big challenge, at the same time it's a great reward." U.S. TEAM MEMBERS SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER CARLI LLOYD SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. MIDFIELDER, CARLI LLOYD, SAYING: "We got it done, with every single player that was a part of this team. I think kids can look up to that and say if you work hard and believe in each other, and believe in your team, you can get it done." PIA SUNDHAGE U.S. SOCCER COACH SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) PIA SUNDHAGE, U.S. SOCCER COACH, SAYING: "The next step for women's soccer is to come up with some sort of attacking style which takes women's soccer to the next level." U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM ON STAGE
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: Sport
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- Story Text: The United States retained the Olympic women's soccer title on Thursday (August 22) with a 1-0 extra-time win over hapless Brazil, who fell at the last hurdle for the third major competition in a row.
"Winning this gold has been a big challenge, at the same time it's a great reward," said defender Kate Markgraf.
Carli Lloyd rifled the gold medal winner with a low shot from the edge of the area six minutes into extra-time after the South Americans had dominated most of the game.
"We got it done, every single player that was a part of this team.
I think kids can look up to that and say if you work hard and believe in each other, and believe in your team, you can get it done," she said.
The Brazilians were also runners-up to the United States in Athens four years ago and lost to Germany in last year's World Cup final.
"The next step for women's soccer is to come up with some sort of attacking style which takes women's soccer to the next level," said U.S.
coach Pia Sundhage.
The victory marked the U.S.' third gold medal in four Olympic Games. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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