THOSE WHO HAVE followed Christen Press since her days at Stanford have been waiting for this World Cup for a long time.
It was obvious throughout her Cardinal career that Press (class of ’11) was capable of great things on the biggest of stages. She only needed the opportunity. Now she has it.
She’s a master of creating shots and scoring from all angles. She’s fast and determined, and has that instinct that allows her to take on defenses and beat them. It was seen time and again at Stanford where her breakaway goals were legendary. Now, she’s about to show the rest of the world.
Press is among five former Stanford players – all teammates on the Cardinal team that reached the 2009 NCAA final – who will play in the FIFA World Cup in Canada, which begins Saturday. They represent three countries in the 24-team event: Press and Kelley O’Hara ’10 for the United States, Alina Garciamendez ’13 and Teresa Noyola ’12 for Mexico, and Ali Riley ’10 for New Zealand.
This is the third World Cup for Riley, and second for O’Hara, Garciamendez, and Teresa Noyola, and the first for Press – Stanford’s all-time leading scorer, with 71 goals from 2007-10.
Like teammates O’Hara (2009) and Noyola (2011), Press won the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s best player, in 2010. But while many expected that she would get interest from the U.S. national team, it didn’t happen.
When Women’s Professional Soccer folded, Press left for Sweden in 2012. She thought her opportunity to play for the national team was lost, but it had only just begun. She became the first American to lead the Damallsvenskan in scoring, with 23 goals, and finally caught the attention of then-coach Pia Sundhage.
Press scored two goals in her U.S. national team debut on Feb. 9, 2013, against Scotland, and has since scored 20 goals in 41 appearances. If any U.S. player seems the verge of stardom, Press is the one. All she’s needed is a major tournament to show why. And here it is.
Tournament information
What: FIFA Women’s World Cup
When: June 6-July 5
Where: Canada (Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
Who: 24 national teams
Tournament home page: Click here
Former Stanford players in tournament: Alina Garciamendez ’13 (Mexico), Teresa Noyola ’12 (Mexico), Kelly O’Hara ’10 (U.S.), Christen Press ’11 (U.S.), Ali Riley ’10 (New Zealand).
A breakdown of Stanford’s World Cup players:
United States
Kelley O'Hara
Age: 26
Height: 5-5
Number: 5
Position: Defender
Club: Sky Blue FC
Hometown: Peachtree City, Ga.
Stanford graduating class: 2010
International caps: 60
International goals: 0
National team: O’Hara was a lifelong forward, but when Ali Krieger tore her ACL in 2012, the national team was short on outside backs, and head coach Pia Sundhage wondered what O’Hara thought about playing the position. O’Hara stepped up to the challenge. On January 22, 2012, in Olympic Qualifying against Guatemala, she started her first game at left back, registering three assists. She went on to play every minute at outside back for the USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2011, she was an alternate to the World Cup team, but was added to the roster as a late replacement for Lindsay Tarpley, who tore the ACL in her knee against Japan. O'Hara brings great energy and fitness to her position, and also is a constant threat to attack. O'Hara earned her first cap in March, 2010 after starring for the U.S. U-20 team, for which she scored 24 goals in 35 international matches.
Stanford: O'Hara is Stanford's single-season record-holder for points (65) and goals (tied with Christen Press with 26). She led Stanford into its first NCAA championship final in 2009 and was awarded the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player. In addition, O’Hara was named NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was a first-team NSCAA All-America in 2009, and a first-team ESPN Academic All-America. She majored in science, technology, and society.
Christen Press
Age: 26
Height: 5-7
Number: 23
Position: Forward
Club: Chicago Red Stars
Hometown: Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2011
International caps: 45
International goals: 20
National team: Press never received a call to the U.S. national team until after she gave up hope of ever getting the opportunity. She was playing in Sweden in 2012 when got her first call in advance of the Olympic Games. Though she never earned a cap, she was brought to the Games as an alternate. In her first national team appearance, on Feb. 8, 2013, she started against Scotland and scored two goals. She would become the fifth U.S. player ever to score at least four goals in her first four U.S. matches. She has since become a fixture with the USWNT, making a team-high 23 appearances in 2014. She has appeared in all nine matches this year, with eight starts.
Stanford: Press is Stanford’s career leader in points (183), goals (71) and assists (41). During her four seasons, from 2007-10, Stanford went 67-0-1 in matches in which Press had a goal or an assist. She won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s best player in 2010, during a season in which she led the nation in goals (26) and points (60). She doubled as the Pac-10’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and its Player of the Year. As a junior and senior, she helped Stanford to consecutive national championship finals, Pac-10 titles and undefeated regular-seasons. She majored in communication.
United States national team: The U.S. is seeking its first World Cup title since the seminal 1999 team that did more than any other in any sport to bring women’s team sports into the mainstream. The U.S. has won two World Cup titles, including the first one, in 1991, and four Olympic gold medals, including in 2012 in London. In the 2011 World Cup, the U.S. got an extra-time header from Abby Wambach to tie Brazil in a quarterfinal that the U.S. would win on penalty kicks. In the semifinal, the U.S. trailed Canada three times, but rallied to win on an Alex Morgan goal in extra-time of overtime for a 4-3 victory. Japan, however, won an exciting final on penalty kicks. One of the greatest players in U.S. history is Stanford alum Julie Foudy ’93, who earned 271 caps and captained the U.S. from 1994-2004. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
United States Schedule (all times Pacific)
June 8: in Winnipeg: United States 3, Australia 1 (Press scored go-ahead goal).
June 12: vs. Sweden, in Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
June 16: vs. Nigeria, in Vancouver, 5 p.m.
Mexico
Alina Garciamendez
Age: 24
Height: 5-9
Number: 4
Position: Defender
Club: FFC Frankfurt (Germany)
Hometown: Fairview, Texas
Stanford graduating class: 2013
National team: Garciamendez was born in Los Gatos and raised in Texas, and participated at U.S. national team camps at the U-15 and U-16 levels before an injury dropped her from consideration. Instead, she joined the Mexico system – her parents are from Mexico – in 2008 and played in the U-20 World Cups in 2008 and 2010. She joined the full national team in 2009 at age 18 and started all three matches in central defense at the 2011 World Cup. This year’s World Cup could be her last appearances for the national team before she embarks on a career as a dentist.
Stanford: Garciamendez started every match in her collegiate career, setting a Stanford record for games started (102). She also was a three-year captain, including during her junior year when the Cardinal won its first NCAA championship. During her four years, Stanford went 94-4-4, reached four College Cups and won four conference titles. She was an NSCAA first-team All-America in 2011 and a four-year all-conference choice. She majored in biology.
Teresa Noyola
Age: 25
Height: 5-3
Number: 8
Position: Midfielder
Club: None
Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2012
National team: Noyola was born in Mexico, but grew up Palo Alto and attended Palo Alto High, across the street from Stanford. Though she came up through the U.S. national-team system, she joined Last Tri after teammate Garciamendez put in a good word. Noyola is playing in her second World Cup, having come off the bench twice in 2011. She made her debut for Mexico on Dec. 15, 2010 during the four-team Tournament of Sao Paulo in Brazil and played again in the third-place match four days later, both against the Netherlands. Before that, she played on the U.S. side in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Germany in July, 2010.
Stanford: Noyola headed in the winning goal in the 2011 NCAA championship match to give Stanford a 1-0 victory over Duke and win its first national title. Noyola, a pure playmaker, was a three-time NSCCA first-team All-America and won the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy winner as the top player in women's collegiate soccer. She became the third consecutive Stanford player to win the award, following Christen Press in 2010 and Kelley O'Hara in 2009. Noyola, a math and computational science major, also won the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, becoming the third in history to win both the Hermann Trophy and Scholar-Athlete in the same season.
Mexican national team: Mexico was a pioneer in women’s international soccer, playing in two unofficial world cups in the 1970s. In the 1971 final of one such tournament at Estadio Azteca, 110,000 watched as Mexico lost to Denmark, 3-0. However, the national team was not created in earnest until 1999 and has steadily improved since then, with former San Jose Earthquake Leonardo Cuellar coaching the side for the past 14 years. Mexico is seeking to escape group play for the first time in an Olympics or World Cup.
Mexico’s schedule (all times Pacific)
June 9: vs. Colombia, in Moncton, 1 p.m.
June 13: vs. England, in Moncton, 1 p.m.
June 17: vs. France, in Ottawa, 1 p.m.
New Zealand
Ali Riley
Age: 27
Height: 5-5
Number: 7
Position: Defender
Club: FC Rosengard (Sweden)
Hometown: Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2010
International caps: 89
International goals: 1
National team: Riley is a two-time Oceania Player of the Year and four-time New Zealand Player of the Year. She also is an eight-year veteran of the Football Ferns. Riley, whose father John is from New Zealand, made her debut for New Zealand in January, 2007, at age 19. This is the third World Cup for Riley, who also played in two Olympic Games.
Stanford: After beginning her Stanford career as a forward, Riley was shifted to outside back as a junior and developed into one of the most valuable players on two NCAA College Cup teams. With her speed and fitness, Riley was able to attack up the wing and quickly retreat into defensive position. She was named the Pac-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for soccer in 2009, the same season she earned third-team NSCAA All-America and first-team All-Pac-10 honors.
New Zealand national team: The Football lFerns continue to improve. They have qualified for the past three World Cups and past two Olympics. In 2012, they advanced past the group stage for the first time in an Olympics or World Cup, before losing to the United States, 2-0.
New Zealand's schedule (All times Pacific)
June 6, in Edmonton: Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 (Riley played entire match).
June 11: vs. Canada, in Edmonton, 6 p.m.
June 15: vs. China, in Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.
Schedule by date (all times Pacific)
Group play
June 6: Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0
June 8: United States 3, Australia 1
June 9: Mexico vs. Colombia, in Moncton, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
June 11: New Zealand vs. Canada, in Edmonton, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports 1)
June 12: United States vs. Sweden, in Winnipeg, 5 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
June 13: Mexico vs. England, in Moncton, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
June 15: New Zealand vs. China, in Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 2)
June 16: United States vs. Nigeria, in Vancouver, 5 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
June 17: Mexico vs. France, in Ottawa, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
Round of 16
June 20-23: In Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo).
Quarterfinals
June 26: In Montreal, 1 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 26: In Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 27: In Edmonton, 1 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 27: In Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
Semifinals
June 30: In Montreal, 4 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
July 1: In Edmonton, 4 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
Third Place
July 4: In Edmonton, 1 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
Final
July 5: In Vancouver, 4 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
First-Round Groups
Group A: Canada, China, New Zealand, Netherlands
Group B: Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway, Thailand
Group C: Cameroon, Ecuador, Japan,Switzerland
Group D: Australia, Nigeria, Sweden, United States
Group E: Brazil, Costa Rica, South Korea, Spain
Group F: Colombia, England, France, Mexico
Links:
U.S. national team video interviews: Click here
2009 GoStanford.com feature on Kelley O’Hara: Click here
USsoccer.com Kelley O’Hara feature: Click here
Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press are interviewed by Stanford teammate Allison McCann: Click here
Christen Press blog: Click here
Alina Garciamendez Twitter: Click here
2010 GoStanford.com feature on Alina Garciamendez: Click here
Photo album: Click here
It was obvious throughout her Cardinal career that Press (class of ’11) was capable of great things on the biggest of stages. She only needed the opportunity. Now she has it.
She’s a master of creating shots and scoring from all angles. She’s fast and determined, and has that instinct that allows her to take on defenses and beat them. It was seen time and again at Stanford where her breakaway goals were legendary. Now, she’s about to show the rest of the world.
Press is among five former Stanford players – all teammates on the Cardinal team that reached the 2009 NCAA final – who will play in the FIFA World Cup in Canada, which begins Saturday. They represent three countries in the 24-team event: Press and Kelley O’Hara ’10 for the United States, Alina Garciamendez ’13 and Teresa Noyola ’12 for Mexico, and Ali Riley ’10 for New Zealand.
This is the third World Cup for Riley, and second for O’Hara, Garciamendez, and Teresa Noyola, and the first for Press – Stanford’s all-time leading scorer, with 71 goals from 2007-10.
Like teammates O’Hara (2009) and Noyola (2011), Press won the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s best player, in 2010. But while many expected that she would get interest from the U.S. national team, it didn’t happen.
When Women’s Professional Soccer folded, Press left for Sweden in 2012. She thought her opportunity to play for the national team was lost, but it had only just begun. She became the first American to lead the Damallsvenskan in scoring, with 23 goals, and finally caught the attention of then-coach Pia Sundhage.
Press scored two goals in her U.S. national team debut on Feb. 9, 2013, against Scotland, and has since scored 20 goals in 41 appearances. If any U.S. player seems the verge of stardom, Press is the one. All she’s needed is a major tournament to show why. And here it is.
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Tournament information
What: FIFA Women’s World Cup
When: June 6-July 5
Where: Canada (Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Winnipeg)
Who: 24 national teams
Tournament home page: Click here
Former Stanford players in tournament: Alina Garciamendez ’13 (Mexico), Teresa Noyola ’12 (Mexico), Kelly O’Hara ’10 (U.S.), Christen Press ’11 (U.S.), Ali Riley ’10 (New Zealand).
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A breakdown of Stanford’s World Cup players:
United States
Kelley O'Hara
Age: 26
Height: 5-5
Number: 5
Position: Defender
Club: Sky Blue FC
Hometown: Peachtree City, Ga.
Stanford graduating class: 2010
International caps: 60
International goals: 0
National team: O’Hara was a lifelong forward, but when Ali Krieger tore her ACL in 2012, the national team was short on outside backs, and head coach Pia Sundhage wondered what O’Hara thought about playing the position. O’Hara stepped up to the challenge. On January 22, 2012, in Olympic Qualifying against Guatemala, she started her first game at left back, registering three assists. She went on to play every minute at outside back for the USA at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2011, she was an alternate to the World Cup team, but was added to the roster as a late replacement for Lindsay Tarpley, who tore the ACL in her knee against Japan. O'Hara brings great energy and fitness to her position, and also is a constant threat to attack. O'Hara earned her first cap in March, 2010 after starring for the U.S. U-20 team, for which she scored 24 goals in 35 international matches.
Stanford: O'Hara is Stanford's single-season record-holder for points (65) and goals (tied with Christen Press with 26). She led Stanford into its first NCAA championship final in 2009 and was awarded the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player. In addition, O’Hara was named NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was a first-team NSCAA All-America in 2009, and a first-team ESPN Academic All-America. She majored in science, technology, and society.
Christen Press
Age: 26
Height: 5-7
Number: 23
Position: Forward
Club: Chicago Red Stars
Hometown: Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2011
International caps: 45
International goals: 20
National team: Press never received a call to the U.S. national team until after she gave up hope of ever getting the opportunity. She was playing in Sweden in 2012 when got her first call in advance of the Olympic Games. Though she never earned a cap, she was brought to the Games as an alternate. In her first national team appearance, on Feb. 8, 2013, she started against Scotland and scored two goals. She would become the fifth U.S. player ever to score at least four goals in her first four U.S. matches. She has since become a fixture with the USWNT, making a team-high 23 appearances in 2014. She has appeared in all nine matches this year, with eight starts.
Stanford: Press is Stanford’s career leader in points (183), goals (71) and assists (41). During her four seasons, from 2007-10, Stanford went 67-0-1 in matches in which Press had a goal or an assist. She won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s best player in 2010, during a season in which she led the nation in goals (26) and points (60). She doubled as the Pac-10’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and its Player of the Year. As a junior and senior, she helped Stanford to consecutive national championship finals, Pac-10 titles and undefeated regular-seasons. She majored in communication.
United States national team: The U.S. is seeking its first World Cup title since the seminal 1999 team that did more than any other in any sport to bring women’s team sports into the mainstream. The U.S. has won two World Cup titles, including the first one, in 1991, and four Olympic gold medals, including in 2012 in London. In the 2011 World Cup, the U.S. got an extra-time header from Abby Wambach to tie Brazil in a quarterfinal that the U.S. would win on penalty kicks. In the semifinal, the U.S. trailed Canada three times, but rallied to win on an Alex Morgan goal in extra-time of overtime for a 4-3 victory. Japan, however, won an exciting final on penalty kicks. One of the greatest players in U.S. history is Stanford alum Julie Foudy ’93, who earned 271 caps and captained the U.S. from 1994-2004. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
United States Schedule (all times Pacific)
June 8: in Winnipeg: United States 3, Australia 1 (Press scored go-ahead goal).
June 12: vs. Sweden, in Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
June 16: vs. Nigeria, in Vancouver, 5 p.m.
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Mexico
Alina Garciamendez
Age: 24
Height: 5-9
Number: 4
Position: Defender
Club: FFC Frankfurt (Germany)
Hometown: Fairview, Texas
Stanford graduating class: 2013
National team: Garciamendez was born in Los Gatos and raised in Texas, and participated at U.S. national team camps at the U-15 and U-16 levels before an injury dropped her from consideration. Instead, she joined the Mexico system – her parents are from Mexico – in 2008 and played in the U-20 World Cups in 2008 and 2010. She joined the full national team in 2009 at age 18 and started all three matches in central defense at the 2011 World Cup. This year’s World Cup could be her last appearances for the national team before she embarks on a career as a dentist.
Stanford: Garciamendez started every match in her collegiate career, setting a Stanford record for games started (102). She also was a three-year captain, including during her junior year when the Cardinal won its first NCAA championship. During her four years, Stanford went 94-4-4, reached four College Cups and won four conference titles. She was an NSCAA first-team All-America in 2011 and a four-year all-conference choice. She majored in biology.
Teresa Noyola
Age: 25
Height: 5-3
Number: 8
Position: Midfielder
Club: None
Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2012
National team: Noyola was born in Mexico, but grew up Palo Alto and attended Palo Alto High, across the street from Stanford. Though she came up through the U.S. national-team system, she joined Last Tri after teammate Garciamendez put in a good word. Noyola is playing in her second World Cup, having come off the bench twice in 2011. She made her debut for Mexico on Dec. 15, 2010 during the four-team Tournament of Sao Paulo in Brazil and played again in the third-place match four days later, both against the Netherlands. Before that, she played on the U.S. side in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Germany in July, 2010.
Stanford: Noyola headed in the winning goal in the 2011 NCAA championship match to give Stanford a 1-0 victory over Duke and win its first national title. Noyola, a pure playmaker, was a three-time NSCCA first-team All-America and won the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy winner as the top player in women's collegiate soccer. She became the third consecutive Stanford player to win the award, following Christen Press in 2010 and Kelley O'Hara in 2009. Noyola, a math and computational science major, also won the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, becoming the third in history to win both the Hermann Trophy and Scholar-Athlete in the same season.
Mexican national team: Mexico was a pioneer in women’s international soccer, playing in two unofficial world cups in the 1970s. In the 1971 final of one such tournament at Estadio Azteca, 110,000 watched as Mexico lost to Denmark, 3-0. However, the national team was not created in earnest until 1999 and has steadily improved since then, with former San Jose Earthquake Leonardo Cuellar coaching the side for the past 14 years. Mexico is seeking to escape group play for the first time in an Olympics or World Cup.
Mexico’s schedule (all times Pacific)
June 9: vs. Colombia, in Moncton, 1 p.m.
June 13: vs. England, in Moncton, 1 p.m.
June 17: vs. France, in Ottawa, 1 p.m.
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New Zealand
Ali Riley
Age: 27
Height: 5-5
Number: 7
Position: Defender
Club: FC Rosengard (Sweden)
Hometown: Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Stanford graduating class: 2010
International caps: 89
International goals: 1
National team: Riley is a two-time Oceania Player of the Year and four-time New Zealand Player of the Year. She also is an eight-year veteran of the Football Ferns. Riley, whose father John is from New Zealand, made her debut for New Zealand in January, 2007, at age 19. This is the third World Cup for Riley, who also played in two Olympic Games.
Stanford: After beginning her Stanford career as a forward, Riley was shifted to outside back as a junior and developed into one of the most valuable players on two NCAA College Cup teams. With her speed and fitness, Riley was able to attack up the wing and quickly retreat into defensive position. She was named the Pac-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for soccer in 2009, the same season she earned third-team NSCAA All-America and first-team All-Pac-10 honors.
New Zealand national team: The Football lFerns continue to improve. They have qualified for the past three World Cups and past two Olympics. In 2012, they advanced past the group stage for the first time in an Olympics or World Cup, before losing to the United States, 2-0.
New Zealand's schedule (All times Pacific)
June 6, in Edmonton: Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 (Riley played entire match).
June 11: vs. Canada, in Edmonton, 6 p.m.
June 15: vs. China, in Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.
Schedule by date (all times Pacific)
Group play
June 6: Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0
June 8: United States 3, Australia 1
June 9: Mexico vs. Colombia, in Moncton, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
June 11: New Zealand vs. Canada, in Edmonton, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports 1)
June 12: United States vs. Sweden, in Winnipeg, 5 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
June 13: Mexico vs. England, in Moncton, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
June 15: New Zealand vs. China, in Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 2)
June 16: United States vs. Nigeria, in Vancouver, 5 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
June 17: Mexico vs. France, in Ottawa, 1 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
Round of 16
June 20-23: In Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo).
Quarterfinals
June 26: In Montreal, 1 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 26: In Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 27: In Edmonton, 1 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
June 27: In Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
Semifinals
June 30: In Montreal, 4 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
July 1: In Edmonton, 4 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Telemundo/NBC Universo)
Third Place
July 4: In Edmonton, 1 p.m. (Fox, NBC Universo)
Final
July 5: In Vancouver, 4 p.m. (Fox, Telemundo)
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First-Round Groups
Group A: Canada, China, New Zealand, Netherlands
Group B: Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway, Thailand
Group C: Cameroon, Ecuador, Japan,Switzerland
Group D: Australia, Nigeria, Sweden, United States
Group E: Brazil, Costa Rica, South Korea, Spain
Group F: Colombia, England, France, Mexico
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Links:
U.S. national team video interviews: Click here
2009 GoStanford.com feature on Kelley O’Hara: Click here
USsoccer.com Kelley O’Hara feature: Click here
Kelley O’Hara and Christen Press are interviewed by Stanford teammate Allison McCann: Click here
Christen Press blog: Click here
Alina Garciamendez Twitter: Click here
2010 GoStanford.com feature on Alina Garciamendez: Click here
Photo album: Click here
