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>Most of the U.S. women from the Mia Hamm era (Julie Foudy, Michelle Akers, etc.) have said that Norway was our biggest rival. There's no shame in losing to Norway, as they traditionally have good teams, but after our World Cup 2007 disaster, I was really hoping we would turn things around.

Norway did not expect to win this match, so to us it was a big surprise.