The United States defeated China tonight to advance to a dream semifinal matchup with the world's number one ranked team Germany. By Peter Nolan

They call this the silly season in soccer circles, the summer transfer season when tall tales and genuine transfer talk mix freely. In the U.S. maybe we should just call it the busy season. By Peter Nolan

They started with 24 nations, the most to ever contest the Women's World Cup. Eight of those countries had never competed at the highest level of the women's game, and at times it showed. By Peter Nolan

Moments prior to the start of what would become a shocking United States victory over Germany, U.S. Soccer released its 35 man provisional roster for the upcoming Gold Cup. By Peter Nolan