Excited about that friendly between the U.S. women's national team and Canada kicking off in a few hours at Toronto's BMO Field? You know, the first of three consecutive games between very familiar rivals scheduled a scant 25 months before the start of the Women's World Cup? Well, U.S. coach Pia Sundhage and the federation's public relations staff sure seem to be."With the onset of the new league, each international match takes on greater importance, as the players must show [Sundhage] that they are worthy of investment for the run to the [World Cup]," a U.S. Soccer press release said, hoping to add some hype to a match quickly arranged to fill the gap after the skittish Japanese team abandoned its North American tour.
Apparently two of those players are Abby Wambach and Heather O'Reilly, who have scored a combined 124 goals in a national team shirt.
