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Hope Solo helps USA women take soccer gold

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August 21, 9:58 AM

by David Falk, Seattle Soccer Examiner

University of Washington graduate Hope Solo made six saves as the United States women's soccer team beat Brazil 1-0 to win the gold medal today in China. You can read Ron Judd's blog play-by-play and see a photo of Solo wearing her gold medal over at the Seattle Times.

USA celebrates Carli Lloyd's overtime goal that held up for a 1-0 win over Brazil. (www.USsoccer.com photo)

The U.S. Women’s Olympic Soccer Team successfully defended its Olympic Gold Medal with a 1-0 overtime win over Brazil at Workers Stadium in Beijing. Carli Lloyd’s 96th-minute goal was all the U.S. would need as goalkeeper Hope Solo and the U.S. defense did the rest to earn the shutout win.

The game was a rematch of the 2004 gold medal match that saw a similar result, as the USA won 2-1 in overtime with a game-winning goal from Abby Wambach. The U.S. has now won three out of four gold medals in women’s soccer, having also won the inaugural Olympic tournament in 1996.

After a scoreless 90-minute battle, Brazil went into the overtime periods having the better chances but unable to score, in part due to some brilliant goalkeeping from Solo. In the 72nd minute, Brazilian superstar Marta got around two U.S. defenders and got into the six-yard box. She had a clear shot from point-blank range, but Solo reacted with lightning-fast reflexes to block the ball with her right hand while diving to keep the game scoreless.

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Sounders will kick off 2009 season March 19 v. New York Red Bulls at Qwest Field

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December 2, 7:56 AM

The Seattle Times is reporting that the first-ever match for Sounders FC in Major League Soccer will be Thursday night March 19th at Qwest Field against the New York Red Bulls.The match will be nationally televised on ESPN2.The rest of Sounders FC's... Read More
Topics: Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer

Soccer star Michelle French sticks with her kids in battle against cancer

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December 1, 9:05 AM

Michelle French is one of the most highly-decorated soccer players in the history of the State of Washington.Her battle with cancer has been known for a while, but today it gets front and center treatment with this story in the Seattle P-I.Seven weeks... Read More
Topics: Michelle French , Seattle soccer news

HOT TICKET: Seattle Sounders FC soccer will sell-out in 2009

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November 29, 7:53 AM

Professional soccer in Seattle is going completely the opposite direction of the local and especially the national economy. No one is noticing this more that Sounders FC Customer Sales Rep. Gary Boyle. Gary has gone from sharing space at Pacific Feather... Read More
Topics: Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer

An early evaluation of the Sounders FC expansion player draft

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November 26, 5:24 PM

Expansion drafts are by nature hard to judge because so much of what makes them either great, good, bad or awful happens months after they take place. I think it is accurate to say that Sounders fans are generally underwhelmed with Seattle's choices... Read More
Topics: major league soccer , Seattle Sounders FC

Sounders select 10 players including Northwest native Nate Jaqua

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November 26, 3:07 PM

Nate Jaqua, a striker from Eugene, Oregon, joins the Sounders.Seattle Sounders FC have made their 10 expansion draft player choices. The list was made public at MLSnet.com.Chosen by the Sounders were Nate Jaqua, Brad Evans, Steven King, Jeff Parke, James... Read More
Topics: major league soccer , Seattle Sounders FC

Sigi Schmid could be Sounders head coach by Monday, expansion draft today

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November 26, 7:13 AM

Update: ProstAmerika reports that a contract from Seattle has been sent to Schmid.In the middle of preparations involving the expansion draft, where Sounders FC will pick 10 players for the new club, comes revelation that Sigi Schmid is about to sign... Read More
Topics: Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer

Sounders seek to stock their MLS roster with expansion draft choices

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November 25, 7:24 AM

Seattle Sounders FC will be picking 10 players off of current Major League Soccer club rosters on Wednesday in the expansion draft.It can be overwhelming to jump into the middle of the Sounders' expansion draft talk. Just today scores of news stories... Read More
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Numbers and names abound as clock ticks on Sounders FC draft choices

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November 24, 9:34 PM

Lots of names have been presented to Sounders FC as they sift through the player data to choose the 10 guys they'll add to the club roster from the expansion draft.Major League Soccer released the names of the players available today, and the Sounders... Read More
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Columbus are MLS Champs; Sounders to get expansion draft player list

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November 23, 7:14 PM

Congratulations to the Columbus Crew, who will fly into Seattle sometime next year for a match with the Sounders as defending Major League Soccer Champions.The Crew were worthy winners 3-1 over New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer's "MLS... Read More
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