Time to start counting down the days (even hours) until the start of the Rio 2016 Olympics. The women’s soccer tournament helps kick off the games in Rio, starting with a full slate of matches Wednesday across Southern Brazil.
Thorns FC have seven players in Rio, representing three countries – Canada, France and United States. We surveyed the rest of the team to see who they’d predict to win gold as well as a team and player to watch throughout the tournament. Here are the results:
<strong>Name</strong> |
<strong>Gold Medal Winner</strong> |
<strong>Team To Watch</strong> |
<strong>Player To Watch</strong> |
McKenzie Berryhill |
USA |
Canada |
Amandine Henry |
Michelle Betos |
USA |
Australia |
Allie Long |
Celeste Boureille |
USA |
France |
Amandine Henry |
Dagny Brynjarsdottir |
USA |
Sweden |
Lindsey Horan / Melanie Leupolz |
Adrianna Franch |
USA |
France |
Allie Long |
Kendall Johnson |
USA |
Australia |
Steph Catley |
Emily Menges |
USA |
Canada |
Christine Sinclair |
Meg Morris |
USA |
Australia |
Crystal Dunn |
Nadia Nadim |
Brazil |
Australia |
Amandine Henry/Tobin Heath |
Hayley Raso |
USA |
Australia |
Lindsey Horan |
Katherine Reynolds |
USA |
France |
Christine Sinclair |
Mana Shim |
USA |
Australia |
Allie Long |
Jennifer Skogerboe |
USA |
Canada |
Amandine Henry |
Mallory Weber |
USA |
France |
Allie Long |
Kat Williamson |
USA |
Canada |
Allie Long |
Mark Parsons |
USA |
Australia |
Christine Sinclair |
Nadine Angerer |
Germany |
Sweden |
Anja Mittag |
Tracy Hasson |
USA |
Zimbabwe |
Ali Riley |
