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Article: United States, Mexico qualify for Athens Olympic women's soccer
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 4, 2004
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United States, Mexico qualify for Athens Olympic women's soccer
SAN JOSE, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Mexico
qualified for the Athens Olympic women's soccer tournament on
Wednesday.
The two-time Women's World Cup champion Americans downed host
Costa Rica 4-0 while Mexico edged Canada 2-1 to claim CONCACAF's two
Olympic berths.
Aly Wagner, Abby Wambach, Kristine Lilly and Shannon Boxx scored a
goal each for the United States, which finished third at the World
Cup last year.
Wagner scored first for the United States in the fourth minute as
Costa ...