Share this: Final, 2-0 USA: The referee blows the final whistle. USA begins its Olympic journey with a win. Lloyd and Morgan scored early goals in each half to give Team USA a convincing victory over New Zealand in their Olympic opener. Team USA assumes first place in Group G, and its impressive Olympic winning streak continues. The U.S. will play France on Saturday in the second game of the Preliminary Round. New Zealand will play Colombia on Sunday in the other Group G game. That’s all for now, and thanks for joining us. Let’s discuss this one on Twitter @NESNsoccer and Facebook. Be sure to keep an eye out for some news, fan reactions, analysis and opinion coming up on
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RWC Blog: Can anyone beat New Zealand?
by Warren Gatchell Namibia was known as South West Africa prior to independence from South Africa in 1990 and Africa's second rugby team has strong rugby links to its nearest neighbour, participating in the Currie Cup right up to 1989. With previous match-ups being pretty one-sided affairs in these nation-versus-province contests, averaging 96-6, the match was always going to be an extended training run with the aim of giving the fringe players in the Bok squad much needed game time in advance of the playoffs. Bryan Habana scored his 39th try for the Boks, surpassing the all time record set by Joost van der Westhuizen. The fact that it took the 2007 IRB Player of the year over 15 months to score a