“font-family: Verdana, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: #000000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal verdana, helvetica, arial;”>
“font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;”>
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A week ago, there were so few people
following the U.S. women’s team they could hold their daily media
sessions around a small table in their hotel lobby.
“font-family: Verdana, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: #000000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal verdana, helvetica, arial;”>
“font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;”>
Now they need an entire ballroom.
“font-family: Verdana, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: #000000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal verdana, helvetica, arial;”>
“font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;”>
The frenzy of attention surrounding the Americans ahead of Sunday’s
final against Japan is something they’ve never experienced before,
and it has the potential to fire them up – or heap even more
pressure on what is already the biggest game of their careers. But
the Americans insist they won’t let this newfound stardom detract
from their initial goal: Winning the World Cup for a third
time.
“font-family: Verdana, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: #000000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal verdana, helvetica, arial;”>
“font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;”>
Abby Wambach says the teams wants these last few days to mean
something, and the only way that will happen is with a
victory.
“font-family: Verdana, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: #000000; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal verdana, helvetica, arial;”>
“text-decoration: none; color: #000066;” rel=”item-license” name=
“e04c0c90-0f48-4e27-a0b9-964e129b19f3” href=
“http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOC_WWCUP_HANDLING_PRESSURE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-15-14-36-39#e04c0c90-0f48-4e27-a0b9-964e129b19f3″> © 2011 The
Associated Press may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed. “http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/privacy”>Privacy
Policy
