We’re ready for our close-ups (otherwise known as, Where my girls at?)

July 26th, 2008 | by: Melissa | Comments(4)

I should be working on the huge project… that pays me… that’s due tomorrow, but instead I bring you post number one on our women’s national team. I’ll be with you through the Olympics and hopefully afterwards (can bloggers get fired if they aren’t being paid?) to cover the number one ranked national team in the world. Yup, that’s right. We are number one. Ever since the debacle that was last year’s World Cup, we very ungraciously slipped to – I believe third (don’t quote me on that). But after a highly publicized Head Coach change, we suddenly found clarity, focus, and maybe even some serenity (again, don’t quote me on that). We won a few tournaments and slowly but surely inched our way back to the top spot.

So here we are at the eve of the Olympics and now the world is watching us again. Yeah, it’s a big deal. It’s such a big deal, our Head Coach thinks she will get fired if we don’t bring home the gold. It’s such a big deal that when our leading goal scorer broke her leg in last week’s friendly against Brazil, the incident was a top story in the sports press. I get the sense (but again, I would highly suggest you don’t quote me on any of this) that our performance during the Olympics is the make it or break it event to wash away the bad juju from last year and make everything wonderful and awesome again… just in time for the new league to start which I oh so conveniently write about over at The Offside.

Ok, I’m done plugging myself and I really need to get back to work now so I’ll wrap it up. But watch this space! See you soon.

Photo Source. (And HELLO where can I get one of those slick jackets?)