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In the semi-finals of Women's Soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics, U.S.A. defeated Japan by a score of 4-2. The win propels the U.S. Women into a Gold Medal match against Brazil. This will be the 4th straight Olympics where the United States Women have played in the Gold Medal game, and their chance to bring home a 3rd Gold Medal for the U.S. It will be a tough match-up against the high scoring offense of the Brazilian team, but it looks to be quite a good game if both teams are playing as well as they look on paper.

The game began on a rough note for the U.S., who went down very early by a score of 1-0 to Japan, when Shinoby Ohno knocked one in during the 16th minute of play. The defensive front of Japan made it very difficult for the United States, and it seemed like an upset could possibly be brewing in the semi-final match-up. Heading into the 41st minute, the United States finally made it on to the scoreboard with a shot just beyond 6 yards from Angela Hucles. It broke the ice, and less than three minutes later, Lori Chalupny put in another goal after beating two defenders off the ball. Heading into the half, the U.S. had a 2-1 lead, and a lot of momentum swinging to their side of things.

The second half started off much as the first half had ended, with the U.S. putting a lot of pressure on goal, and getting many chances off of corner kicks as well as hustling plays down the sidelines. In the 70th minute, Heather O'Reilly received the ball, and with a swift kick from long range, knocked one right over the goalie to give the U.S. a 3-1 lead. In the 80th minute of play, Angela Hucles knocked in another one that surprised the Japanese goalie, and gave the United States an almost insurmountable lead of 4-1. Japan caught a break in the 3rd minute of injury time by putting in a goal after the ball had been bounced around in front of the U.S. goalie for what seemed like many minutes. The game ended with the United States women coming away with a 4-2 win over Japan, and an automatic berth in the final match against Brazil, who had earlier defeated Germany in their semi-final match.

The final match of Women's Soccer at the Beijing Summer Olympics will take place on Thursday, August 21st to decide who will take home the Gold Medal. The scheduled start time for the game is at 9:00pm Beijing Time, which translates to a 9:00am Eastern Standard Start Time in the United States. In the 2004 Olympics that took place in Athens, the U.S. defeated Brazil in the finals to take home the Gold. Now Brazil gets a re-match of that event, and the United States Women look to duplicate those efforts.

from: Kieleys Site
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