Their achievements in Korea in 2002 were certainly worthy of garnering some long-overdue respect, but that was four years ago, in front of less than half as many US TV viewers, plus at an ungodly local hour. This was the middle of a hot Saturday afternoon in June, short-handed, against 3-time World Champions and perennial favorites Italy. This was the beginning of what we've been waiting for, some of us for a very long time.

I'll hopefully be able to more fully gather my thoughts later today, but in the interim you can watch here for all of the articles that we can find about the wonderful display of spirit and skill in Kaiserslautern.

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