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U.S. soccer team has to measure up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
FORT WORTH, Texas _ To put it politely, they don't have a tough act to follow.
Four years ago in France, the U.S. soccer team finished last in the 32-team World Cup field. It scored only one goal in three games. It lost to Iran. It took all the momentum reaped from hosting and winning its way into the second round of the 1994 World Cup, and it flushed it faster than you can say, "Bundesliga."
Ah, but this time there's a new coach, Bruce Arena. New players, 11 of whom have never before stepped foot on a World Cup pitch. A new backdrop, far from the backyard venues that European teams often enjoy.
And there's a reputed new attitude in this 2002 World Cup, some of it born from the rubble of what happened in 1998.
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Source: HighBeam Research, U.S. soccer team has to measure up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)