3 down, 2 to go

Yesterday morning we played Germany. We ended up losing 4 to 2 but played well. We scored first and had a lot of pressure on Germany's defense. From the statistics we matched up almost completely even with them, Unfortunately we weren't able to convert our corners and turn our shots into goals, and they could. The loss put us into a must win situation with the final 2 games that are creeping up. We play new zealand tomorrow (16th) at 830 am and then we will finish pool play with Great Britain on the 18th. After that all of our games will be determined by the our finishing rank in pool play. 

Other than the games I haven't done much since my last blog. The day between our games we went over the the bank of america hospitality tent to spend some time with our families. They had a reception for us and a little pep rally led by Kate Barber's family. They made signs and made a little train chanting USA around the building. It was nice to get out of the village and get our minds off the games for a little while at least, and its always nice to be around the family. The most interesting part of the day had to be the cab ride home though. 4 of us got in a cab and showed the driver our little taxi card that said "please take me to olympic village" in chinese. The guy didn't seem like he had a clue, so we just hoped for the best as we went. Needless to say we made it and the guy ended up being really friendly, with his hand signals and our complete lack of coherent communication skills it made for an interesting ride. 

Today wasn't very interesting we woke up early and had practice. We played a little warm up game of soccer (good thing we stick to field hockey, cause we are pretty terrible). Then we just did some corners and shootings drills. The rest of the day we spent over at the Beijing Normal University doing a little swim recovery. We also ate lunch over there which was amazing. The USOC brought in a catering company from the US to cook for the athletes over here... good idea. 

So tomorrow we play in the morning and then we have another afternoon that we can spend with our families. Thanks for all the support and encouraging posts :) Its nice to know people back home are rooting for us! Tomorrow's a big one for us... GO USA!