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America Arrives; With the world's fifth-ranked squad, the United States could surprise the skeptics in Germany.(Soccer World Cup )
Byline: Mark Starr
Had anybody but football diehards been watching when the United States opened the 2002 World Cup in South Korea--it was a 5 a.m. start in America--the game might have been memorialized as the "Miracle on Turf." The Yanks stunned powerful Portugal with three goals in 36 minutes, then held on for a 3-2 win. The upset helped propel the U.S. team to unprecedented Cup heights, and only some bad bounces and a blown call kept the Americans from an even bigger upset of Germany in the quarterfinals.
The U.S. squad that will kick off its 2006 World Cup campaign Monday against the Czech Republic in Gelsenkirchen won't stun anybody. That's because the United States, long a football backwater, is now recognized as an emerging power--currently ranked fifth in the world. At a time when it can no longer claim supremacy in homegrown sports like baseball and basketball, America can finally compete at the highest levels of the world's game. U.S. team manager Bruce Arena has made that faith the centerpiece of his eight-year tenure. "You can't go into the World Cup just happy to be there," says ...
- United States, Mexico in World Cup qualifier today.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) McDill, Kent March 27, 2005 700+ words
...than any of the other World Cup qualifying matches...match against the United States is the most important...Mexico in the final World Cup qualifying group for...secured spots in the World Cup. The United States will play another...
- Remarks honoring the 1999 Women's World Cup Champion United States Soccer...
- Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents July 26, 1999 700+ words
...president of the Women's World Cup; Donna de Varona, the chairman of the Women's World Cup Organizing Committee...moment of sadness for the United States, and our thoughts and...moments. The Women's World Cup champions, here at the...
- Soccer's last frontier. (marketing the World Cup in the United States)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) December 4, 1993 700+ words
...challenge for the World Cup tournament...being held in the United States for the first...rights in the United States for the 1994 World Cup (a pittance...future in the United States--endure beyond the World Cup? Much depends...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Hersh, Philip September 7, 2005 700+ words
...international events in the United States because it builds...Scherr said. The United States often has been...wanting to undertake World Cup and World Championship...America. Because World Cup events are not televised in the United States, it is hard for...
- Women's World Cup moves to United States.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) May 26, 2003 700+ words
...displaced 2003 Women's World Cup was handed over to the United States It's the reward for...successful Women's World Cup in 1999, and world soccer...The 1999 Women's World Cup, won by the United States, was a high water mark...
- Federation Internationale de Football Association. (Programming Briefs).(awards...
- Magazine article from: Multichannel News June 2, 2003 700+ words
...governing body, has awarded the 2003 Women's World Cup to the United States, which replaces China as the host nation in the...ESPN2 and ABC are slated to televise the 2003 World Cup this fall. But FIFA and U.S. Soccer have yet...
- DuBurns Soccer, of Baltimore, Maryland, Wins U.S. National Championship of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 29, 2002 700+ words
...ceremonies of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Over the past several...sponsor the 2002 FIFA World Cup(TM) held in Korea...WUSA) and Women's World Cup. Soccer represents a...are distributed in the United States by Hyundai Motor America...
- World Cup Soccer? In the United States?
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post February 28, 1994 700+ words
...being played in the United States. A Harris Poll...Americans know that the World Cup involves soccer...of women know the World Cup will be played in the United States and will take place...women are aware the World Cup involves soccer...
