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...opening of the Mexico City Games. By tapping Rio, the IOC affirmed the widely held opinion that Brazil--a democracy and the only nation among the world's 10 largest economies never to have held an Olympics--is the first Latin country developed enough to give the region a second chance. "The IOC decision is an embrace of Brazil's practical way of doing things," says Paulo Sotero, director of the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, referring to Lula's unique hybrid of market economics and progressive social policy...
While the Bears also struggled with weather conditions when the teams switched sides for the second half, their offense still managed to come away with a solid scoring opportunity...
...second minute of overtime, Brown forward Marybeth Lesbirel fired a shot that was deflected off the crossbar by Harvard senior goalkeeper Lauren Mann before she recovered it.The post aided the Crimson defense in the second half as well. In the 70th minute, Brown’s Gina Walker headed the ball over Mann, but the shot hit the crossbar. Mellissa Kim recovered the ball for the Bears and appeared to have an open shot on goal, but freshman defender Taryn Kurcz swooped in to block the attempt just in time...
Harvard was not without its own scoring opportunities in regulation. Just over two minutes after the Brown header deflected off the post in the second period, Baskind led a Crimson counter-attack and found senior forward Christina Hagner just feet in front of the net. Hagner, who led Harvard in scoring last season, booted the ball at Bears keeper Steffi Yellin, but the ball was knocked away...
...thought we had a really strong second half against the wind,” Brown coach Phil Pincine said. “We even had some chances, which we didn’t think we were going to [get], since Harvard didn’t get many in the first half against the wind...