Monday, August 4 2008 -- The UD Women's National Soccer team has been in China for over a week now, becoming acclimitized to the climate and the time change, and getting in practice on the field.

They will play their first game on August 6, beginning before the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics (because of the length of the tournament and the number of teams).

Their opponent will be Norway. The US team and Norway are quite familiar with each other, having played two times already this year.

All 12 women's teams will be in action on Wednesday, and television coverage will be extensive, from the Soccer Channel, MSNBC and Universal HD.

Pia Sundhage is the coach, taking the reins on November 13, 2007.

The players on the team are:
Nicole Barnhart
Shannon Boxx
Rachel Buehler
Lori Chalupny
Lauren Cheney
Stephanie Cox
Marian Dalmy
Tina DiMartino
Keeley Dowling
Tobin Heath
Angela Hucles
Natasha Kai
Ali Krieger
Amy LePeilbet
Carli Lloyd
Joanna Lohman
Kate Markgraf
Heather Mitts
Heather O'Reilly
Leslie Osborne
Christie Rampone
Amy Rodriguez
Becky Sauerbrunn
Briana Scurry
Hope Solo
Lindsay Tarpley
India Trotter
Aly Wagner
Abby Wambach
Kacey White
Cat Whitehill
Angie M. Woznuk