Big day tomorrow for the USA Women's team, single elimination against Canada while the other three games also feature amazing talent.

At this level, there are a lot of intangibles that you can't train for. The home field advantage, the weather, your emotions on the day, the crowd and even how you wake up in the morning. There are a lot of things that you can't just put your finger on that will impact the game.

Likewise, there are a lot of things you can prepare for: game time scenarios like how to play if you're up, you're down or you're tied, if you go down a player, you're winning late, you're losing late, etc. I would think that by now, they have gone through all those scenarios in their heads and tomorrow and the next day they'll go over them again so that they are all on the same page.

As far as the American loss to Norway in the first round, that's behind them. In this situation, it becomes a learning opportunity. There is no time to dwell on anything. I'm fairly certain they didn't think they were going to finish first in the group with the way they played. They finally scored some goals in the last game, which gives them confidence in the fact that if one player is not scoring, they know goals can come from other places.

On the same hand, they're still not playing the best soccer that they can play. And maybe as a coach, you can spin that positively. "Look, the best soccer that we have is in front of us," she should be telling them.

Early morning and big day tomorrow, so got to get some rest. Enjoy the games and be sure to tune in and log on bright and early to catch the action.