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As the 2016 Rio Olympics kicks off with the women’s soccer tournament, there is an argument concerning the position of the US women’s team. The team is not just the four-time Olympic gold paladin but also the supreme world Cup champion.

The bitter reality is that fans in Brazil may not pay as much attention to the women’s soccer as the Americans would. While Americans come out in droves to the stadium for women’s soccer, Brazilians do not. This is according to the greatest sports sites in Brazil.

The team is made up of the most talented women soccer players in the world. Making them capable of winning the Olympic gold medal for the fifth time in a role. If this is achieved, the US women’s soccer team would be the first team in history to win the gold medal five consecutive times.

Last year, a women’s soccer power index was created to make predictions based on the offensive and defensive rating of a game. The power index uses this information to estimate the overall skill level. The Olympic tournament is a 12-team tournament making some of the world’s best team unable to qualify. The US women’s team is stuck with teams like Zimbabwe who are to make their first international appearance and rank 93rd in the world by FIFA. Teams like Norway and Japan did not qualify.

The Olympic tournament gives room for less because it is more stratified than the world Cup. Note that this does not make the Olympic games inferior to the world Cup. The top is made up of strong teams like Brazil, Germany, and France while the bottom is made up of much weaker teams like Zimbabwe and South Africa.

At the Olympics the chances of the US women’s soccer team winning looks promising considering the odds.