Off to London

Surprise, surprise. The U.S. women will be playing at the Olympics in London.

The Americans qualified for the Olympics with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Vancouver yesterday in the CONCACAF semifinal in Vancouver. I was happy to see my former player, Carli Lloyd, be named Woman of the Match for the second straight game. (She won the award in the 4-0 victory over Mexico, but it was somewhat of a no-brainer since she had a hat trick.)

Tough tournament for the U.S. They opened with a 14-0 trouncing of the Dominican Republic and followed it up by shutting out Guatemala, 13-0. With the wins over Mexico and now Costa Rica, they have scored 34 goals in four games - six by Lloyd.

Canada also punched its ticket to London by downing Mexico, 3-1, last night. Canada and the United States play in the final - which is really only for bragging rights - on Sunday.