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Thursday, August 9, 2012

UPDATE: Rampone and US Women's Soccer Win Olympic Gold!

The Point Boro H.S. graduate gets another gold in what is her last Olympics

The US Women's Soccer team, including Point Borough High School graduate Christie Rampone, gets the gold in an Olympic re-match with Japan. The game, aired on NBC Sports, Ch. 69 on Comcast, just ended (4:36 p.m.). Team members are pulling on white T-shirts that say "Greatness Has Been Found" and posing for photos with the American flag. Rampone, clutching a corner of a flag, ran across the field, with a teammate holding the other side of the country's banner. The U.S. Women's National Team now has its fourth gold medal and third straight. This was the much-hyped and anticipated re-match with 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup champion Japan in the soccer finale at Wembley Stadium in London. Japan narrowly beat the U.S. in last summer's World Cup…

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

U.S. Soccer Star Films Free Kids Instructional Videos

Manasquan's Christie Rampone teams up with Jersey Mike's Subs for ad campaign

Locally-bred U.S. women's soccer star Christie Rampone has teamed up with Jersey Mike's Subs to provide a series of free instructional videos for kids on the sub chain's website, according to a company release.  The first in a series of 10 instructional videos is expected to go live on the Jersey Mike's website on Tuesday, May 1, and each week a new video will be posted leading up to Rampone's appearance at the summer games in London, the release says. Rampone, a Manasquan resident and captain of the the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, is the sub chain's first spokesperson in its 56-year history, the release says.  The series will feature Rampone, a mother of two, teaching important soccer skills including dribbling, shooting and …

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