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    U.S., Germany in true clash of titans

    By Marc Connolly
    ESPN Soccernet.com

    Sunday, August 22, 2004

    First it was U.S.-Norway. Then it was U.S.-China. Now it's U.S.-Germany. But unlike the first two rivalries that dominated women's soccer from the mid-80s through the beginning of this century, the U.S. Women's National Team finds itself in a major international tournament as the second banana, and even as underdogs going into Monday's Olympic semifinal. Underdog. It's a word the U.S. side has never had attached to its name. Never. Not once. Going into the team's 3-0 loss to Germany in the ...

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