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Arrived and officially accredited!
The USWNT start their gold medal defense tonight at 6 pm ET!
Can they complete the World Cup-Olympics sweep?
Can they complete the World Cup-Olympics sweep?
Team U.S.A. defeated New Zealand 2-0 to begin its Olympic title defense.
The U.S. began its Olympic title defense against New Zealand in the first match of Group G play in Belo Horizonte. The U.S. beat New Zealand 2-0 to take three points from its opening game.
U.S. captain Carli Lloyd scored the team’s first goal in the ninth minute. She received a cross from Tobin Heath and sent in a looping header to beat New Zealand goalkeeper Erin Nayler.
The U.S. was unable to build on its lead in the first half, but remained the stronger side. The team went into halftime with the advantage in shots, corner kicks and possession.
Less than a minute into the second half, Alex Morgan scored the second U.S. goal. She took a pass from Morgan Brian on the left side of the box and snuck her shot past Nayler at the near post.
The U.S. made a pair of substitutions early in the second half with Crystal Dunn replacing Mallory Pugh in the 51st minute and Lindsey Horan coming in for Morgan Brian in the 63rd minute.
The two substitutes, along with Christen Press who came on in the 81th minute, provided additional energy for the U.S., but could not find a third goal.
New Zealand, ranked 17th in the world, struggled to create scoring chances throughout the match recording just one shot on goal.
With the victory, the U.S. remains unbeaten in 2016 and moves to the top of Group G.
The U.S. plays France in its next match on Saturday at 4:00p.m. New Zealand takes on Colombia at 7:00p.m. on Saturday.
U.S. captain Carli Lloyd scored the team’s first goal in the ninth minute. She received a cross from Tobin Heath and sent in a looping header to beat New Zealand goalkeeper Erin Nayler.
The U.S. was unable to build on its lead in the first half, but remained the stronger side. The team went into halftime with the advantage in shots, corner kicks and possession.
Less than a minute into the second half, Alex Morgan scored the second U.S. goal. She took a pass from Morgan Brian on the left side of the box and snuck her shot past Nayler at the near post.
The U.S. made a pair of substitutions early in the second half with Crystal Dunn replacing Mallory Pugh in the 51st minute and Lindsey Horan coming in for Morgan Brian in the 63rd minute.
The two substitutes, along with Christen Press who came on in the 81th minute, provided additional energy for the U.S., but could not find a third goal.
New Zealand, ranked 17th in the world, struggled to create scoring chances throughout the match recording just one shot on goal.
With the victory, the U.S. remains unbeaten in 2016 and moves to the top of Group G.
The U.S. plays France in its next match on Saturday at 4:00p.m. New Zealand takes on Colombia at 7:00p.m. on Saturday.
When it comes to winning gold medals, the U.S. women's team is pretty good.
The Rings are officially on display in the Olympic Park!
IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic programme in modern history. Plans call for staging the skateboarding and sports climbing events in temporary venues installed in urban settings, marking a historic step in bringing the Games to young people and reflecting the trend of urbanisation of sport.
The Organising Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Games proposed the five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020.
Today’s vote was the culmination of a two-year process that began with the unanimous approval of the IOC’s strategic roadmap in 2014. The recommendation to give Organising Committees the flexibility to propose new sports for their edition of the Games was intended to put even more focus on innovation, flexibility and youth in the development Olympic programme.
Tokyo 2020, the first Organising Committee able to take advantage of the change, submitted its proposal for the five new sports to the IOC in September 2015.
IOC President Thomas Bach said, “We want to take sport to the youth. With the many options that young people have, we cannot expect any more that they will come automatically to us. We have to go to them. Tokyo 2020’s balanced proposal fulfils all of the goals of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation that allowed it. Taken together, the five sports are an innovative combination of established and emerging, youth-focused events that are popular in Japan and will add to the legacy of the Tokyo Games.”
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said, “The inclusion of the package of new sports will afford young athletes the chance of a lifetime to realise their dreams of competing in the Olympic Games – the world's greatest sporting stage – and inspire them to achieve their best, both in sport and in life.”
The additional sports in Tokyo will not impact the athlete or event quotas of existing Olympic sports or be binding on future host cities. The current athlete and event quotas are unaffected.
The IOC considered a variety of factors when assessing the proposal, including the impact on gender equality, the youth appeal of the sports and the legacy value of adding them to the Tokyo Games.
The inclusion of the new sports will add 18 events and 474 athletes, with equal numbers of women and men for all sports except baseball/softball, which will have the same number of teams but different player totals, because softball teams have 15 players whilst baseball teams have 24. Tokyo 2020 will rely heavily on existing and temporary venues to stage the competitions.
Discussions on the event programme in the existing 28 Olympic sports for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are ongoing, and will be finalised by the IOC Executive Board in mid-2017.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic programme in modern history. Plans call for staging the skateboarding and sports climbing events in temporary venues installed in urban settings, marking a historic step in bringing the Games to young people and reflecting the trend of urbanisation of sport.
The Organising Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Games proposed the five new sports in response to the new flexibility provided by Olympic Agenda 2020.
Today’s vote was the culmination of a two-year process that began with the unanimous approval of the IOC’s strategic roadmap in 2014. The recommendation to give Organising Committees the flexibility to propose new sports for their edition of the Games was intended to put even more focus on innovation, flexibility and youth in the development Olympic programme.
Tokyo 2020, the first Organising Committee able to take advantage of the change, submitted its proposal for the five new sports to the IOC in September 2015.
IOC President Thomas Bach said, “We want to take sport to the youth. With the many options that young people have, we cannot expect any more that they will come automatically to us. We have to go to them. Tokyo 2020’s balanced proposal fulfils all of the goals of the Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation that allowed it. Taken together, the five sports are an innovative combination of established and emerging, youth-focused events that are popular in Japan and will add to the legacy of the Tokyo Games.”
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said, “The inclusion of the package of new sports will afford young athletes the chance of a lifetime to realise their dreams of competing in the Olympic Games – the world's greatest sporting stage – and inspire them to achieve their best, both in sport and in life.”
The additional sports in Tokyo will not impact the athlete or event quotas of existing Olympic sports or be binding on future host cities. The current athlete and event quotas are unaffected.
The IOC considered a variety of factors when assessing the proposal, including the impact on gender equality, the youth appeal of the sports and the legacy value of adding them to the Tokyo Games.
The inclusion of the new sports will add 18 events and 474 athletes, with equal numbers of women and men for all sports except baseball/softball, which will have the same number of teams but different player totals, because softball teams have 15 players whilst baseball teams have 24. Tokyo 2020 will rely heavily on existing and temporary venues to stage the competitions.
Discussions on the event programme in the existing 28 Olympic sports for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are ongoing, and will be finalised by the IOC Executive Board in mid-2017.
Alex Morgan opens second half with U.S. goal.....Highlights.
U.S. ladies are 41-0 over the last 20 years.....Ready to Dominate.
