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The U.S. U-20 WNT held its one allowed training at the game venue today, running through an hour practice at the Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium which will host the USA's first two Group D matches.
While the heat and humidity has been a bit oppressive so far in Hiroshima, the temps during the USA's training session, while a bit sticky, were relatively cool and would be conducive to some good soccer for sure.
U.S. captain Julie Johnston leads the USA onto the stadium pitch for training
A reminder that you can watch the USA's opening match against Ghana early Monday morning on Aug. 20 with coverage starting at 2:50 a.m. ET live on ESPNU and ESPN3.
The field is in excellent condition and while the impressive 50,000-seat stadium is sure to be far from capacity, organizers are hoping for a crowd of around 5,000.
The USA and Ghana met to open the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Dresden, Germany and the match ended in a 1-1, so the young Americans known that the Ghanians -- nicknamed the Black Princesses -- who return eight players from that team, will be a difficult challenge to overcome.
Chioma Ubogagu runs at Samantha Mewis
What do you do when you've got some time to kill before FIFA lets you on the field? Play Hangman of course.
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The U.S. U-20 WNT held its one allowed training at the game venue today, running through an hour practice at the Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium which will host the USA's first two Group D matches.
While the heat and humidity has been a bit oppressive so far in Hiroshima, the temps during the USA's training session, while a bit sticky, were relatively cool and would be conducive to some good soccer for sure.
U.S. captain Julie Johnston leads the USA onto the stadium pitch for training
A reminder that you can watch the USA's opening match against Ghana early Monday morning on Aug. 20 with coverage starting at 2:50 a.m. ET live on ESPNU and ESPN3.
The field is in excellent condition and while the impressive 50,000-seat stadium is sure to be far from capacity, organizers are hoping for a crowd of around 5,000.
The USA and Ghana met to open the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Dresden, Germany and the match ended in a 1-1, so the young Americans known that the Ghanians -- nicknamed the Black Princesses -- who return eight players from that team, will be a difficult challenge to overcome.
Chioma Ubogagu runs at Samantha Mewis
What do you do when you've got some time to kill before FIFA lets you on the field? Play Hangman of course.
The FIFA bibs are ready for training
Continue reading...