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August 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee

NBCOlympics.com Soccer Latest News

Glory restored: ‘Golden Girls’ again

Carli Lloyd scored in the first period of extra time to give the U.S. a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the gold-medal match of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament. Germany won the bronze-medal match.

Messi cleans up: Argentina wins gold

Argentina successfully defended its men’s Olympic soccer title Saturday afternoon, topping Nigeria 1-0 at the ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium in Beijing. Brazil defeated Belgium 3-0 for the bronze medal.

Golden moments: U.S. women’s top plays

From Marta’s sizzling step-overs to Carli’s golden strike, the Beijing Games gave us one of the most exciting women’s soccer tournaments ever. Relive the top moments of 12 teams battling for one dream.

Brazil beats Belgium for men’s bronze

Brazil won the bronze medal in men’s soccer after defeating Belgium 3-0 in Shanghai. The victory makes Brazil the first nation to win a medal in men’s and women’s soccer at the same Games.

Images of U.S. men’s soccer at the Games

Fielding the most promising Olympic roster in the history of U.S. men’s soccer, the Americans beat Japan 1-0 in their opener and tied 2-2 with the Dutch. But victory over Nigeria was not in the cards.

Germany locks up bronze, tops Japan 2-0

Substitute midfielder Fatmire Bajramaj scored a pair of second-half goals to help World Cup champion Germany beat Japan 2-0 and win its third-straight Olympic bronze medal in women’s soccer.

Argentina to play for second-straight gold

Sergio Aguero scored goals six minutes apart in the second half and later drew a penalty kick to lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over rival Brazil. Argentina will face Nigeria on Saturday in the gold-medal match.

Nigeria gets another shot at soccer gold

The 1996 ‘Dream Team’ that won Nigeria’s - and Africa’s - first gold medal in soccer have become legends in their homeland. The kids who were watching them on television aren’t too shabby either.

Another missed chance for Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho’s second chance to win Olympic gold ended like the first one - in disappointment.


Messi’s masterpiece: a genius at work

What looked to become the ‘Messi-est’ Olympic soccer tournament - due to a row between FIFA and players’ club teams - is fast becoming ‘Messi’s Games.’ Watch the young maestro’s most-recent marvel here.

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