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    Deciding factors for U.S. women

    By Michael Lewis
    Special to ESPN Soccernet.com

    Monday, August 9, 2004

    The obvious goal of the U.S. Women's Olympic Team is a victory lap around Karaiskaki Stadium in suburban Athens on Aug. 26. That means the players will be running around with gold medals around their necks. But before the American women can celebrate, they must kick off the entire Olympics against host Greece on Wednesday and answer 11 vital questions. If they can answer yes to most, if not all of these queries, then the U.S. could become the first women's team to win a pair of gold medals. 1 ...

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