Some Soccer News for Aug 2, 2016
du Nord, August 2, 2016
It's Day 215 of 2016. USMNT Rumored Friendly: -Tue Oct 11 USA v Ghana - RFK Stadium in Washington DC - Time + TV TBD Already scheduled: -Fri Oct 7 Cuba v USA - Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana - Time + TV TBA dN The USA Women kick off the Olympic soccer tournament in the group stage on Wednesday: Its a grueling schedule of 3 games in 7 days with only a 20 player roster. (3 fewer than the World Cup roster size.) Match schedule: -Wed Aug 3 USA v New Zealand - 5pm CT on NBCSN -Sat Aug 6 USA v France - 3pm CT on NBCSN -Tue Aug 9 USA v Colombia - 5pm CT on NBCSN dN The USWNT will try to do what no team has ever done - win the World Cup and Olympic Gold back to back. By Brian Straus of Sports Illustrated. Crystal Dunn could be a key component to the USA pulling that off. By Grant Wall of Sports Illustrated. dN Lucky Mkosana of New York Cosmos named NASL Player Of The Week Cristian Mata of Tulsa Roughnecks named USL Player Of The Week Kealia Oha of Houston Dash named NWSL Player Of The Week Frank Lampard of New York