Olympic Qualifiying

The draw has been made for the Olympic Qualification with the USA being drawn in Group A.

Matches to played between 2 - 12 April

Group A

2nd April Mexico v Jamaica

4th April USA v Jamaica

6th April Mexico v USA


Group B

2nd April Trinidad and Tobago v Canada

4th April Costa Rica v Trinidad and Tobago

6th April Canada v Costa Rico

Semi-Finals

9th April winner of group A v runner up of group B

9th April winner of group B v runner up of group A

12th April

Third place game

Final

how many teams go to China?

No idea but I'm guessing it would be one from each country , except Great Britain and Ireland.

They play the games somewhere in Mexico but it is close to El Paso.
Shame my passport is not valid to the US at the moment.

The 2 teams that make it to the finals will have a spot in China.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/31/sports/OLY-SOC-US-Women.php


pia anouced the roster for those games

still no mitts

let's hope she will be back on the foield some day

No place for Scurry , excellent Barnie must have done enough at the Algarve to keep her place.

yeah i read that somewhere


and agian who's the number one goalkeer of the us?


who?

who???????

The one and only Hope SOLO!

Blimey mate that's a big big

I'm pretty satisfied with that roster. I'd imagine that Barney put herself over the top with her ability to kick, and since Scurry doesn't have the reflexes of her earlier career making her special anymore Pia probably saw the liability she was becomming and has hopefully decided to move on.

Mitts (and Wagner) it seems is done for this cycle, if she's not fit at this point Pia's probably not going to risk it since the roster is so small. I've heard good things about Kacey White, but she plays the same position that HAO has recently been greatly improving in so she might not get a chance to prove herself until the end of games.

It will be interesting to see what Pia does with the lineups for the CONCACAF. The competition isn't of the highest caliber, but making a major mistake in the tournament (not qualifying for the Oly's) would be the end of her current job.

I'm just wondering here but say the US get to qualifier for the Olympics and the worst happens and they lose the final or don't get there , would they stick with Pia as coach? Surely they would give her more than a year.

I think the deal is:
1) US win the Olympics: Pia stays
2) US don't win and get severly beaten by any team (like they wehre by Brazil in WWC2007): Pia is history
3) US does a good run and are beaten by one goal in an thight game by the winner: Pia will most likely get another chance

So basically then anything other than another team thrashing them Pia is staying. Well hopefully Pia's tactics will not let that happen.

i agree with the points above

Well if they go out before the semis she is probably toast anyway. But otherwise yes, thats how I read it anyway.

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_5963777.html


USA -Jamaica 6-0


Barnhart in goal!!!!!!!!!!!!


Hope Problably rested??????????????????????

Scorers were:

Carli Lloyd

Lauren Cheney

Abby Wambach 2

Heather O'Reilly

Tobin Heath


It's good to see different goal scorers now getting on the sheet. Another clean sheet for Barnie She is proving good competition for Solo.

Anyone know if this is being televised in the US ?

Mexico 1 - 3 USA

Tasha Kai 2 goals

A. Wambach


USA wins the group and will now play the runner up from group B Costa Rica in the semi-final.

The other semi - final will be against Canada v Mexico