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US women fall to Japan in Algarve Cup

  March 06, 2012

Japan beat the US women’s team, just like last summer. And this time, the Japanese didn’t need penalty kicks. Megumi Takase scored on a 6-yard header off Aya Miyama’s corner kick in the 84th minute to give the world champions a 1-0 victory Monday at Faro, Portugal, in a rematch of last year’s World Cup final. The Japanese became ...

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