Great Britain
The season before last, New York City took first place in the Eastern Conference and second overall. For 14 rounds of the current championship, the “townspeople” managed to get seven victories and drew twice, which brought 23 points and the sixth position in the standings. In the last five matches, the “blue-white” lost twice and gained three victories over DC United (2:1), Montreal (1:0) and Orlando (5:0). Winning this game will put the team in second position.
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Australia
The Australian national team easily qualified for the Olympics, where they defeated the Vietnam national team in a decisive match. In the first round Tony Gustavsson’s wards won a decisive victory. They beat their neighbors from New Zealand (2:1). After the defeat to Sweden (2:4) “Matilda” managed to snatch a draw in a duel with the US national team (0:0), which eventually brought four points and third place in the group. The team showed good results, which was enough to advance to the playoffs according to the rating of the best teams that took third place.
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