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The Maryland womens basketball team will represent the U.S. at the World University Games next summer in Taiwan.Its just the second time that a womens college team will play in the games as the American entry. UNC Charlotte participated in 2007. The Big 12 conference fielded a team in 2003.We are thrilled to represent our country at the World University Games, coach Brenda Frese said.Our players are extremely excited. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our program. What an incredible opportunity for our institution to represent our country in games against the best competition in the world.The Kansas mens program did it in 2015 and Purdue will represent the U.S. in 2017.The games are a multi-sport competition open to athletes between the ages of 17 and 24 who are enrolled in college or at most one year out of school. They will take place from Aug. 19-30 making it difficult for the U.S. to field a team of players from many different schools.The American women have won nine golds, six silvers and one bronze medal. Maryland alum Brionna Jones helped the team win gold in 2015.This will be the second consecutive year that Maryland has taken a foreign trip over the summer. The Terps, who have one of the best freshmen classes in the country, spent time in Italy this past summer. Frese was thrilled when she got the call asking if Maryland would be interested in going.We jumped at it, she said. 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Lawrence Taylor Jersey .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team.BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- A new era opens for the U.S. womens soccer team at the Olympic Games when a generation of younger players seeks to continue the global domination established at last years World Cup.Bidding to add Olympic gold to World Cup success, the U.S. will have 11 Olympic newcomers on its roster when it opens against New Zealand on Wednesday at the Mineirao Stadium.It will be the teams first major competition since the retirement of players such as Abby Wambach and Lauren Holiday following lats years triumph in Canada.Of course we had some gigantic losses, some players that have been around the game for quite some time, and they are irreplaceable, really, veteran goalkeeper Hope Solo said. But we have something different and I dont think anybody has seen the U.S. team as we are right now. Nobody knows what to expect, with our younger players, with our new talent, with our formation. So I think its going to be exciting.Seeking a fourth straight Olympic gold, the Americans are also without Christine Rampone because of injury, while Sydney Leroux and Amy Rodriguez are pregnant. Two other key players, captain Carli Lloyd and midfielder Megan Rapinoe are coming to Brazil recovering from health problems. Rapinoe is not expected to play in the early games.Theres been a little bit of a change in the roster, but its good, Lloyd said. I think we have about 11 players who are competing in their first Olympics, which is a huge turnaround, but I also think that those players bring experience, theyve been around this team, theyve earned quite a few a caps with the team and are doing very well. So I think that, mixed in with us old folks, we will be all right.Among the Olympic newcomers are a few players who also made it to the World Cup last year, including Meghan Klingenberg, Ali Krieger, Morgan Brian and Whitney Engen. The youngest player in the current roster is 18-year-old Mallory Pugh. The U.S. is tryiing to become the first team to win the Olympics after succeeding at the World Cup.ddddddddddddLloyd, the teams captain in Rio, said the U.S. remains favored to win the title despite the revamped team.I think the toughest (opponents) are going to be ourselves, said Lloyd, who scored a hat trick in the World Cup final against Japan. No other team should intimidate our team. Of course, there are going to be tough contenders, but honestly, not a single team intimidates me.The U.S. is trying to win its fifth gold medal since womens soccer became an Olympic sport in 1996. It won its third World Cup title in Canada, the first since 1999.I think we are always feeling the pressure of coming back with gold. Its just in our DNA, Lloyd said. Even if we hadnt won the World Cup wed still be under tremendous pressure to win. It comes with being the No. 1 team in the world and going for a fourth consecutive gold medal. We are super excited to get started. I know this team has a lot of talent and depth and we have the opportunity to really create history.After playing New Zealand, the U.S. faces powerhouse France and then Colombia in Group G of the 12-team Olympic tournament. Second-ranked Germany, fifth-ranked Australia, sixth-ranked Sweden and host Brazil loom as potential quarterfinal opponents.We as a team acknowledge the pressure, Solo said. We know that the target is on our backs. We are ranked No. 1 for quite some time, we won last years World Cup, we won the last Olympics. It doesnt make it easy. We dont come into any tournament with an extreme amount of confidence or arrogance. We know that the job is going to be extremely difficult to repeat winning a gold medal.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '