Fwd: [Vision2020] World Cup

[Drew Hicks]

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From: Drew Hicks <drizzle.hicks at gmail.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2006 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] World Cup
To: David Williams <davidwilliams365 at hotmail.com>

Well, that goes w/o saying (the USA  having to play out of their minds, that
is). But why do you think its within their reach. What has the USA done to
convince FIFA that we belong in the toughest group and at #5 in the world no
less?

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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