The only sport the US participated in on Wednesday was women’s soccer where they started their group stage. The US fell down 2-0 against France in the first 15 minutes after giving up two goals in three minutes.  That lead didn’t last for long as Amy Wambach answered answered just five minutes later to cut the lead in half and Alex Morgan equalized in the 32nd minute.  Eleven minutes into the 2nd half Carli Lloyd let loose a beautiful strike and gave the US their first lead and in the 66th minute Alex Morgan added a 2nd to provide the final 4-2 margin.

It was a fantastic game for neutrals, lots of action and obviously the six goals. If the two teams did meet in the final, I’d definitely enjoy seeing it again.

The US was probably going to have to go through Brazil or Japan to reach the final anyways, so the best thing to hope for is probably to avoid one of those matchups until the semifinals (where a loss would mean a chance at the bronze medal still). The win on Wednesday went a long way towards that goal by putting the US in the driver’s seat to win the group and get a quarterfinal against the 3rd place team from group E or F (currently New Zealand).

The US next plays Colombia on Saturday and could lock up a spot in the quarterfinals with a win and one of six other scenarios happens.