Olympic Soccer Scores 2012: Showcasing Winners and Losers Thus Far
The soccer competition has been absolutely fantastic at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both the men's and women's teams have given fans some exciting soccer to watch with the great number of goals being scored.
Hopefully the attacking style of football that we have seen throughout most of the tournament continues. Let's look at the winners and losers of the soccer competition thus far.
Scores from Sunday
Men's Results
Brazil defeated Belarus 3-1
Honduras defeated Spain 1-0
Japan defeated Morocco 1-0
Mexico defeated Gabon 2-0
Winner: USA Women
The United States women's team has started their gold medal defense very well with impressive victories over top contenders France and Columbia.
Their defense needs to improve a bit, but it's not a great concern right now. The American women have scored seven goals in their first two matches combined, and if they can continue to score goals at this pace, it will be tough for anyone to prevent them from winning another gold medal.
Loser: Spain
After Spain dominated at Euro 2012 to win their third consecutive major international tournament, many people assumed this Spanish Olympic squad, even though they don't have many players from the Euro team, would win the gold medal in London.
However, shocking defeats to Japan and Honduras eliminated the Spanish from the Olympics in a scenario very few would have imagined at the beginning of play.
The Spanish did not defend well in this tournament and were unimpressive on the attack as well. They scored zero goals in their first two matches, which is awful when you consider that both Japan and Honduras are not great defensive teams.
Winner: Neymar
Neymar showcased his phenomenal talent in Brazil's 3-1 victory over Belarus on Sunday with a spectacular performance.
The 20-year-old striker scored a spectacular free kick goal and assisted on Oscar's goal late in the second half with a brilliant back heel pass.
With two goals and an assist at the Olympics thus far, Neymar has been the top player of the tournament.
Nicholas Goss is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report, follow him on Twitter.

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