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ON AUGUST 31ST AT JORDAN-HARE STADIUM AND AS WE PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER OLYMPICS IN JULY, WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAMS CAME TOGETHER TO PLAY A VERY SPECIAL TOURNAMENT. YEAH, FOUR OF THE TOP 11 WOMEN’S TEAMS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE LEFT IT ALL ON THE FIELD. IN THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE MANY MEETINGS TODAY FOR THE SEMIFINALS OF THE SHEBELIEVES CUP. �������� 13, BRITTANY DECKER JOINS US FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WITH MORE. A RECORD CROWD OVER 50,000 FANS CHEERING USA TO VICTORY OVER JAPAN AND THE SUMMER OLYMPICS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THIS IS JUST A SNEAK PREVIEW IN ATLANTA WITH THE SHEBELIEVES CUP TOURNAMENT. FANS AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM WATCHING SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYERS IN ACTION ON USA COMING OUT ON TOP 2 TO 1. LINDSEY HORN GETTING THE WINNING GOAL FOR THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM. THIS IS THE SHEBELIEVES CUP TOURNAMENT AND THE TEAMS THAT ARE HERE USA, JAPAN, CANADA AND BRAZIL. ALL FOUR RANKED TOP TEN IN THE WORLD AND ALL FOUR HAVE QUALIFIED AND ARE IN THE MIX FOR THE 2024 OLYMPICS. SO IT’S A CRUCIAL TEST RUN AHEAD OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GAMES IN FRANCE. WE’RE FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, BUT WE KNOW WE’RE COMPETING FOR ONLY A FEW SPOTS FOR AN OLYMPIC ROSTER. I THINK WE ALL DO A GOOD JOB OF FINDING THAT BALANCE, ULTIMATELY BRINGING OUR BEST SELF EVERY DAY IS HELPING EVERYONE ELSE AROUND US, NOT JUST WHAT WE TRY TO DO. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU JUST TRY TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION AND FROM. THERE IT’S IT’S REALLY NOT UP TO YOU. THIS HERE IS A SEMIFINAL TOURNAMENT GAME. NEXT UP, THE FOUR NATIONS TRAVEL TO COLUMBUS, OHIO AND USA WILL HAVE SUPPORT FROM FANS ALL THE WAY. WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE? TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS ALEX MORGAN. WE ALL WANT TO BE HER WHEN WE GROW UP. THIS TOURNAMENT IS ALL ABOUT INSPIRING YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE FOR THEM TODAY? I MEAN, YEAH, JUST TO KEEP HAVING BIG DREAMS, KEEP, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THEMSELVES. SO MANY YOUNG GIRLS HERE TODAY LOOK UP TO THESE PLAYERS AS ROLE MODELS. AND THAT’S WHAT THIS TOURNAMENT IS ALL ABOUT, INSPIRING YOUNG GIRLS TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES, VALUES THEY PLAN TO CARRY ALL