RIO DE JANEIRO -- With Olympic gold finally in hand, the pressure is squarely on Brazils senior team now.The home of Jogo Bonito is considered by many to be the most powerful soccer nation in the world. The Brazilians have won a record five World Cup titles, eight Copa America championships and now an Olympic gold medal -- at their home Olympics, no less.Now we need to lk toward the future, said Rogerio Micale, the coach of Brazils Olympic team. Not only to the next match, but to the future of the national team.Brazil last won the World Cup in 2002. Although the Selecao has been competitive in every tournament since, the team was humiliated by a 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals at the last World Cup, which was also hosted by Brazil.Neymar, the national teams biggest star and a teammate of Lionel Messi at Barcelona, is the present, and expected leader of the team by the time the next World Cup comes around in Russia in 2018.The future is Gabriel Jesus and Gabigol, both 19-year-old strikers. Defenders Marquinhos and Rodrigo Caio, t.They all played at the Olympics and helped the team win gold, giving the host nation its biggest moment of the Rio de Janeiro Games and restoring some of its soccer pride.Since that devastating defeat against Germany two years ago, Brazil lost in the quarterfinals at the 2015 Copa America and then, playing without Neymar, was eliminated in the group stage at this years Copa America -- the South American continents biggest tournament.At the Olympics, Neymar was one of three overage exceptions for Brazil in a tournament for under-23 teams and served as the teams captain. He even wears the No. 10 made famous by Pele.Playing in the gold medal game at the iconic Maracana Stadium against Germany, Neymar scored the winning penalty kick -- and almost immediately broke into tears.The celebration wont last long, with a pair of World Cup qualifiers coming up against Ecuador and Colombia.Tite, the coach of Brazils senior national team, will announce his squad for those matches on Monday, with Gabriel Jesus and Gabigol among those expected to be named alongside national team veterans such as Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Oscar, Willian and Douglas Costa.I think we have a very gd generation of players and I think that they can contribute a lot, Micale said. The seed has been planted.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni Cheap Authentic Soccer Jerseys . After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace. Cheap Soccer Jerseys From China . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. http://www.jerseyssoccerwholesale.com/ . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. Wholesale Nike Soccer Jerseys . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. Soccer Jerseys China . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. LONDON -- A dozen yachts have passed through Londons Tower Bridge after an 11-month race around the world.Thousands cheered Saturdays parade for all 12 ships competing in the 10th running of the 21-year-old event involving a privately owned fleet of identical 70-ft (21-meter) yachts.Competitors paid to participate in the 14-stage event that concluded Friday with a race from the Dutch port of Den Helder across the North Sea to Southend, England.All 12 yachts departed frrom docks near Tower Bridge in August 2015.ddddddddddddTheir ports of call included Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Sydney, Da Nang in Vietnam, Seattle, New York and Londonderry, Northern Ireland.Two sailors died in separate accidents along the way. They were the competitions first deaths.---Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, http://bit.ly/1E9qHTy ' ' '