(CNN)The United States and China, rival economic superpowers, are preparing to square off on the soccer pitch Friday, in the Women's World Cup quarterfinals. Ranked number two by FIFA, the U.S. team enters the match as favorite. It has finished at least third in every World Cup, winning two, and beat China in the 1996 Olympic finals. The last time the two teams met was 16 years ago in the 1999 World Cup, a match the U.S. won on penalties, 5-4. But Tony DiCicco, former women's U.S. national soccer team coach, says that while the Chinese team is young, they have seen a run of form during the competition and can't be dismissed. "They're very good defensively and now they've started to bring an...
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