The US play Trinidad & Tobago in Houston on Friday night with an Olympic set at stake – and Carli Lloyd wants a fast start to allay any doubts of an upsetThe structural quirk of the Concacaf women’s Olympic qualifying tournament is that the two finalists qualify for this summer’s Games in Rio,making the semi-finals all-essential, not the title game.
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Source: theguardian.com