USA!!!!

Hey all,

Now I don't pretend to be a huge soccer fan, but taday I found myself getting into the World Cup this morning against Brazil. The women of USA scored the first goal against Brizal in this World Cup in the first 74 seconds. They held that lead all the way until the 70th minute of the game where Brazil's Marta scored what would be called a questionable call on the PK. A yellow card given to goal keeper Hope Solo for moving to early on the first try. That makes the game 1-1, and would remain that way till the end, sending the game into overtime. In the first couple of seconds of extra time Brizal's Marta would get a unbelievable goal to give Brizal the lead. This made the score 2-1 in favor of Brizal going into the second 15 minutes of extra time. This is where the game became more questionable to say the least. USA wasn't getting any calls going their way, and it wasn't looking good for the American team. The game was in the 122 minute with 3 minutes of extra time for one of the players for Brizal faking a back injury. They brought out a cart to take her off the field, and once off she then unstrapped herself and ran back onto the field, picking up a yellow card. Now with just one minute left to go in this game USA picks up an unbelievable goal to make it 2-2 sending the game to penalty kicks. This is where USA shined after playing most of the game a player down for receiving a red card. USA was fantastic with penalty kicks not missing one to send them into the semifinals against France on Wednesday. This will be another good tough game for America to move on and try to win the World Cup after being named the #1 team in the world. Be looking for another post after the semifinals on Wednesday.