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Article: Sports Briefs; Women's World Cup to United States
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2003
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The Women's World Cup is coming back to the United States this
fall, four years after captivating the country with a championship
team.
Soccer's governing body awarded the tournament to the United
States on Monday, three weeks after the showcase event was removed
from China because of the SARS virus. But, unlike 1999, this World
Cup will be run on a smaller scale and will face logistical
challenges as it runs into the thick of the sports schedule in the
United States.
FIFA selected the U.S. bid over one from Sweden and said the 2007
World Cup will be in China.
The decision by FIFA's eight-member emergency committee in Zurich,
Switzerland, was widely expected because the United States was ...