Super Soccer: Great Moments in Olympic Soccer

Super Soccer: Great Moments in Olympic Soccer — page 1
CHAPTER 1 USA WINS FIRST WOMEN'S GOLD A young Team USA just survived the group stage of the first ever women's Olympic soccer tournament They advanced to play Norway in a tense semifinal match Norway took the lead 18 minutes into the match The Americans couldn't manage to score in the game until Michele Akers's goal in the 76th minute Time ran out with the countries still tied 1-1 but a US midfielder burned the Norwegian goalkeeper in extra time for the 2-1 win The eight countries that competed in soccer in the 1996 Olympics included the United States and China Team USA had won 2-0 over China in the 1995 Women's World Cup to finish third At the 1996 Olympics the teams played to a scoreless tie in their group game China went on to finish atop the group Mia Hamm fights for the ball versus Norway's Gro Espeseth in the 1996 Olympic semifinal