That's right, you know what's coming up? It's time for the Women's National Team to walk away with an Olympic medal!! Be it gold or silver, it's a HUGE testament as to how well these ladies have done!
From getting a 2-0 wake-up call by Norway in the first game, coming back 4-0 against New Zealand, 1-0 against Canada, and finally clinching the final match against Brazil by beating Japan 4-2, it's off to the finals we merrily skip!
Brazil is a tough team, and though we'll be playing minus Lesli Osborne, Kat Whitehill, and Abby Wambach, this team has just persevered through every trial thrown at them and come out of it on top.
Good luck on Thursday ladies! GO U.S.A.!
As a side note, and there are probably fans out there of this sport (none that read my blog), I watched an Olympic event a couple of days ago that was...strange to me. Border-line ridiculous. 20k Walk.
Now...don't get me wrong, I know that it'd be tough to maintain a fast walking pace for 20k, but come on now. We made an event out of something that defines a pedestrian?! Is there really Olympic Power-Walking?! Get outta here! Grats to Russia for clinching the prestige title of Gold Medal Winner for the 20k Men's Race-walk.
That, to me, is a bit of a silly sport. And yes, being the hypocrite that I am I watched the whole damn thing. 1 hour, 18 minutes of race-walk.
Go U.S.A., no matter what silly gold we're going for! (But especially our soccer stars!)
-Erin
