GRR: Eagle Women
USA forward Jillion Potter sat down with Alex Goff to talk about the current scrimmages going on in Olympia, Wash.
The USA has two teams in camp, and so does Canada, and Brazil has one team as the five teams are playing scrimmages and getting ready for Rio 2016.
The USA Women’s 7s team is scrimmaging Canada and Brazil at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. this week.
It’s an excellent chance for the three programs to test some players and get some live action. USA and Canada have two squads in action and Brazil one as the teams play games through Tuesday and Wednesday at TESC’s extensive fields in the middle of campus.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Monday that USA Women's National Team hopeful Nia Williams has received a four-year ban for using prohibited substances.
TV's Phil Keoghan hosted a CBS 60 Minutes Sports look at the USA 7s team (mostly the men but a mention of the women, too), and their Olympic dream.
The feature includes interviews with Zack Test, Madison Hughes, Carlin Isles, and Nate Ebner, among others.
See below (if you don't see the embedded video, please refresh the page).
The USA women’s 7s team ended the World Series season as Plate Runners-Up and 2-4 in Clermont-Ferrand.
The Eagles did not achieve what should have been their goals, losing fairly convincingly (twice) to England, losing to Spain, and, in the Plate Final, losing to France.