ESPN's TV, radio and Internet commentators who usually would rank soccer about 15th on the list of sports to discuss have been talking up the American team, with a clear push from above.

ESPN的电视、电台和网络解说员以往只把足球排在可讨论的体育项目中的第15位，而现在他们开始热烈谈论美国足球队，这显然是由于上层的推动。

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There is big gap between the times of competition that China and American college woman soccer team attend.

中国高校女子足球队伍每年参加的比赛比美国少得多；

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The American team has always been the underdog in the soccer world.

在世界足球队中，美国队总是处于劣势。

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He says they are a solid team with technical quality and their style of soccer is very similar to South American football.

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But no matter how the team performs, another American soccer story will be written in South Africa, where a small group of Americans will represent other countries on soccer's biggest stage.

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And when the clock ran out, the Rapids were the best team in American soccer.

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The latest franchise to join MLS was more interested in emphasizing its historical role in American soccer, and wanted to be known not as the new team in the league but one taking its rightful place within it.

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