[Vision2020] World Cup

[Larson Hicks]

Frank DeFord, on NPR, made a good point the other day.  America's advantage
is that we're the only country that doesn't care!  Most of the players have
enormous pressure to not screw up and this has to effect thier play
negatively.  The only problem will be if we win - then NO ONE will like the
US!


On 6/8/06, David Williams <davidwilliams365 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yah, its great the US drew such a high ranking, but there is a definited
> drawback to that.  In '02 I think we kinda flew under the radar for some
> of
> the higher ranked teams.  That won't be so easy this time.  First, some of
> the players from the last world cup (L. Donovan, D. Beasely, E. Lewis)
> were
> relative unknowns, but now they can expect a lot more attention from the
> defenses of opposing teams.  Second, Group E is definitely the toughest
> draw
> of the tournament, and arguably one of the most difficult groups in the
> last
> couple of tournaments.  The US will have to play at the top of their game
> to
> advance from this group.  But its within their reach...
>
>
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