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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Crushes Group in Olympic Qualifying

What do you call a soccer team that wins three games out of three by a total score of 16-0?

When it’s the United States women’s soccer team in Olympic qualifying, you could almost call them underachievers.

A potent American team led by the stars of last year’s World Cup, like Alex Morgan, Hope Solo and Carli Lloyd, opened with a 5-0 win over Costa Rica in Frisco, Tex., last week. But there were nervous moments in Game 2 on Saturday against an extremely defensive Mexico until Lloyd scored a rebound off a missed penalty in the 80th minute for a 1-0 victory.