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Women's World Cup: USA Beats Norway 4-1

Sep 30, 2007 – 8:22 AM
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Michael David Smith

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Everyone who thought the tumultuous last few days for the U.S. women's national team would result in a listless performance against Norway in the third-place game was wrong. Team USA beat Norway 4-1 behind Abby Wambach's two goals.

Wambach scored in the 30th and 47th minutes, and when Lori Chalupny and Heather O'Reilly added goals at the 58 and 60-minute marks, it was 4-0 USA. Obviously, the American women came to play.

But it seems extraordinarily unlikely that today's performance is enough to save the job of coach Greg Ryan, who has been widely criticized for his decision to bench goalie Hope Solo in favor of Briana Scurry prior to Team USA's 4-0 loss to Brazil. Ryan's contract expires at the end of the year, and someone else will almost certainly be coaching the Americans when they return to China for the Olympics.

In the final, Germany beat Brazil 2-0.
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