Gold medal sendoff for US soccer veterans
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As television cameras gathered in front of the US women&#39;s soccer team after it defeated Brazil 2-1 in overtime for the gold medal yesterday, the woman who scored the game
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Mike Candrea doesn&#39;t dream much these days, but a vision of sorts came to him Sunday night. Members fo the United States softball team celebrate their gold medal win over Australia.
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Gold Cup holders and hosts United States are aiming for their sixth final in the competition when they play North American rivals Canada in the semi-final on Thursday.
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The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women&#39;s soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 27, 2004 - The US men&#39;s basketball team will go home from the Olympics without a gold medal for the first time since it began using NBA players after the Americans were beaten soundly by Argentina 89-81 in the semifinals Friday.
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ATHENS -- They wanted each other. They got each other. One more time. The United States women's basketball team survived a grind-a-thon against Russia yesterday and will go for the gold today against Australia. It's a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, which the US won, 76-54, in a game also remembered for Aussie ...
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Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, a pair of stars who led the U.S. to two World Cups, are inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Sudnay.
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Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on. Hamm, in Worcester for the Rock &amp; Roll
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A few US women&#39;s soccer players scooped up small pieces of sod at Karaiskaki Stadium after their emotional gold-medal victory last week.
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With many of the stars on the U.S. national team playing with Major League Soccer clubs this weekend, some of the younger players got a chance to show they can contribute in international play.
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In 1904 at the St. Louis Olympic Games, Canada won gold in soccer. In 1936 in Berlin, our nation won silver in basketball. That&#39;s it for traditional team sports.
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The US national team has started preparations with replacement players for the final round of World Cup qualifying. A group of more than 20 players joined coach Bruce Arena at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to begin practice yesterday, but the US Soccer Federation has not released names.
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Landon Donovan got plenty of help from DaMarcus Beasley &#151; and from a controversial call that led to a key goal &#151; as the United States breezed into the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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With the women's 1,600-meter relay team winning gold Saturday night, the United States picked up its 98th medal, topping the total won four years ago in Sydney. Next up: the goal of 100 set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. There was a chance of hitting it late Saturday through one more relay, the men's javelin and men's basketball. If not, it could be tight on Sunday.
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First-round Gold Cup matches produce predictable results for the US national team, especially in Norfolk County. The US team defeated El Salvador, 4-0, last night, improving its record to 21-0-1 in first-round games and to 15-1-4 at Foxboro and Gillette stadiums since 1991.
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The US women&#39;s soccer team won the gold medal at the Athens Olympics, beating Brazil 2-to-1 in overtime. Lindsay Tarpley scored in the 39th minute to give the US the game&#39;s first goal.
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The Olympic gold-medal winning US Women&#39;s National Team defeated Ireland, 5-1, on Wednesday night at Soldier Field in an exhibition game that served as a 12,856-fan retirement sendoff for Mia Hamm and captain Julie Foudy.