According to the Xinhua News Agency and the CRI English Webpage [as well as the webpage of the United States Soccer [Football] Federation, the ethnic Korean Magazine in Japan called Choson Simbo interviewed the coach for North Korea’s Women Football [Soccer] Team Ri Kum Suk. In the interview, Ri Kum Suk has announced that North Korea “will win the Gold Medal” and create the “DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] [North Korea] Women Football Miracle”.

While Ri Kum Suk has talked about a victory using “great willpower, unbreakable fighting spirit and special technique”, it remains to be seen how North Korea will fare against the German, Brazilian, and United States Team. While North Korea won the Asian Cup for Women and has won all of their qualification games, USA is in first place with Germany being in second place. The United States Women Football [Soccer] Team won the Algarve Cup and the Peace Cup for 2008. In fact, the United States was heading towards victory until Abby Wambach broke her leg during a friendly game against Brazil in which the United States of America won another victory.

What remains to be seen is how the Women Football [Soccer] games will play themselves out in the Olympics and if North Korea [the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] will win the Gold Medal. I will not make any predictions until the news and information is further examined. In the meantime, the people who are reading this article should watch the opening of the Beijing Olympics 2008 on the 8th of August 2008 at 8:00PM and see the entire games to see history unfold.

REFERENCE:

Xingua, CRI English: “DPRK Vows to Win Women’s Football Gold”
http://english.cri.cn/6066/2008/07/28/65s386540.htm

http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_26-2007AlgarveCup.html

http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_154-2008PeaceQueenCup.html