After taking over and leading the United States Women to the Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati awarded Head Coach Pia Sundhage a new contract through the 2012 Olympics.

Via SI

“Pia has demonstrated the qualities of a great leader, a great soccer tactician and she is a winner,” U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a statement Monday.

“We’ve done so many things in a short amount of time and been successful so far,” Sundhage said. “The reason it is so exciting to continue with this team is that I can see the potential. Last January, we started talking about keeping possession and finding the rhythm and I think we’ve done a pretty good job so far. But these next steps will be about going into the attacking third and being even more unpredictable, playing more beautiful soccer and scoring more goals.”

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