Today the US WNT [Women's National Team, as in the team comprised of the best American female soccer players in the country] won their 3rd and final game in the group stage. The game was literally decided in the 1st minute after a deflection goal by Lori Chalupny [variously pronounced]. With the win, the team improved to 2-0-1 in this stage and won the 'Group of Death.' Every World Cup has a group of death, but this one was pretty legitimate. The USA is ranked #1, Sweden is ranked # 3, and the Korean team [northern or 'Democratic People's Republic']
is #5, while Nigeria holds it down at #24. It's pretty amazing that 3 of the top 5 teams in the world happened to be placed in the same 4 team group, from which only 2 teams can emerge.
The US, despite playing what in my opinion looked like sleepy soccer, somehow managed to win the group today and thus advances to the next round. They will face England on Saturday in the knockout round; from here on it's win or go home. [Side bet-an announcer will have a burst of creativity and reference either the War for Indepence or the War of 1812 while calling this game; e.g. "It's a battle out there today, a real war. You think they were reliving the Battle of Yorktown on that pitch!"].
On other fronts, the knee is not getting any better and actually appears to have worsened. I'm going back in to see a doctor tomorrow; my fear of serious damage to the ligament[s] is looking more and more likely. I hope I'm wrong...
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