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Another Utah athlete we're keeping our eye on is goal keeper Chris Seitz, who plays for Real Salt Lake. He is the only player from Utah on the U.S. men's Olympic soccer team.
The team has a game coming up against Nigeria, and it's the first game the team will play in Beijing. Team members arrived here a couple days ago and invited us to a practice.
The team has a win and a tie. They started off strong against Japan, winning 1-0, and they almost had a win against the Netherlands but gave up a goal in stoppage time and ended with a tie.
A win against Nigeria will get them a step closer to advancing. "We've had two good results so far. We've put ourselves in the best situation possible going into the final game," Seitz said.
Forward Brian McBride said, "We wanna win every game. We're going to focus on winning. It should be a good match."
The team plays here in Beijing tonight at 5 p.m. You can watch it live at 3 a.m. MDT tomorrow USA channel.
Freddie Adu and Michael Bradley are sitting out. They both have two yellow cards.
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