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Abby Wambach will miss the Olympics after suffering a broken leg in last night’s 1-0 US win over Brazil in San Diego.

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Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by  FC Uptown 

US Women tops at Algarve Cup

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Abby Wambach scored her 88th international goal in the 49th minute, giving the Algarve Cup once again to the American women ahead of the all important 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Mexico.

The impressive Americans also saw Natashe Kei put her name on the scorers sheet as Pia Sundhage’s women beat Denmark 2-1 in a rematch of last years final (US 2-0). Those two goals took the offensive tally to 12 for the tournament and saw a much improved team showing than the one seen last summer.

Final Standings

1. USA (2-1) win over Denmark

2. Denmark

3. Norway (2-0) win over Germany

4. Germany

5. Sweden (2-0) win over Italy

6. Italy

7. Iceland (3-0) win over Finland

8. Finland

9. China (1-1) 5-4 pk win over Portugal

10. Portugal

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Posted on Mar 12th, 2008 by  dunny