Olympics Baby!
The opening ceremonies haven't started yet but the Olympic games have. The soccer competition started yesterday and the US women's team is in trouble already!
The #1 ranked team in the world fell to Norway yesterday 2-0. I watched the game and the US team looked pretty sad. Passes were all over the place and defense was very shaky. Yeah, Norway is also ranked in the Top 5 so it's not a huge upset but US didn't look good. And worse, the 2 goals the US gave up were within the first 5 minutes! Goalkeeper Hope Solo had never lost a game before and she gives up 2 goals in the opening minutes. Granted, they were not entirely her fault as the US defenders were just plain stupid.
Gone are veterans such as Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, and Julie Foudy. This is a new generation of women's soccer and Hawaii's Natasha Kai is part of that group. Kai was actually one of the few players that looked decent against Norway but I also saw her taking it a bit too easy at times as well. With the US team in a deep hole now, they'll probably have to win their next 2 games to advance to the 2nd round.
Then I watched the first half of the men's game against Japan last night before going to bed. They looked okay, and I really enjoy watching youngster Freddy Adu play. It seems like he's been around forever, but he's still only 19 years old! He's definitely got skills. It was nice to see veteran Brian McBride play with this young team as well. FYI....olympic men soccer teams are supposed to be 23 and under with the exception of 3 "wildcard" members. The women's team has no such restrictions.
And much mahalos to Oceanic Cable for creating special HD channels just for the Olympics! Yay!
The #1 ranked team in the world fell to Norway yesterday 2-0. I watched the game and the US team looked pretty sad. Passes were all over the place and defense was very shaky. Yeah, Norway is also ranked in the Top 5 so it's not a huge upset but US didn't look good. And worse, the 2 goals the US gave up were within the first 5 minutes! Goalkeeper Hope Solo had never lost a game before and she gives up 2 goals in the opening minutes. Granted, they were not entirely her fault as the US defenders were just plain stupid.
Gone are veterans such as Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, and Julie Foudy. This is a new generation of women's soccer and Hawaii's Natasha Kai is part of that group. Kai was actually one of the few players that looked decent against Norway but I also saw her taking it a bit too easy at times as well. With the US team in a deep hole now, they'll probably have to win their next 2 games to advance to the 2nd round.
Then I watched the first half of the men's game against Japan last night before going to bed. They looked okay, and I really enjoy watching youngster Freddy Adu play. It seems like he's been around forever, but he's still only 19 years old! He's definitely got skills. It was nice to see veteran Brian McBride play with this young team as well. FYI....olympic men soccer teams are supposed to be 23 and under with the exception of 3 "wildcard" members. The women's team has no such restrictions.
And much mahalos to Oceanic Cable for creating special HD channels just for the Olympics! Yay!
posted by Myong Choi at 3:30 PM
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