>>>>http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/football/n214509787.shtml
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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.
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>>Norway did not expect to win this match, so to us it was a big surprise.
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>I remembered, when I was at high school I saw a paper at our school board:
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>"Good girl football players searching. They will be go american schools with full scholarship".
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>USA care about sports really good. They have money, they have people, they have developed sport fields and saloons...
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> Achievement inevitable for them...
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>I don't like women football. But I will watch end of the final match. I'll wait for t-shirt exchange... :)))

That would be a nice tradition ;-) I think Brandi Chastain made herself a pretty wealthy lady just doing it once.