<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Drew Hicks</b> <<a href="mailto:drizzle.hicks@gmail.com">drizzle.hicks@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Jun 8, 2006 10:51 AM
<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] World Cup<br>To: David Williams <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com">davidwilliams365@hotmail.com</a>><br><br></span><div>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?
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Williams</b> <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">davidwilliams365@hotmail.com
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Yah, its great the US drew such a high ranking, but there is a definited<br>drawback to that. In '02 I think we kinda flew under the radar for some of<br>the higher ranked teams. That won't be so easy this time. First, some of
<br>the players from the last world cup (L. Donovan, D. Beasely, E. Lewis) were<br>relative unknowns, but now they can expect a lot more attention from the<br>defenses of opposing teams. Second, Group E is definitely the toughest draw
<br>of the tournament, and arguably one of the most difficult groups in the last<br>couple of tournaments. The US will have to play at the top of their game to<br>advance from this group. But its within their reach...<br>
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