Watching the France-Canada game of the Women's World Cup yesterday, I was exhilarated by the
playing of the French side. Their dominance in the game was a surprise to many, and to me, and also
a little ghostly: suddenly, I was watching the sort of flowing, graceful, entertaining French
football which for the past years had existed mainly in my imagination.
Aw, that was a cute bit on the space station, but maybe that's because I'm a sucker for space
travel.Bob Ley calls the USA the favorites, and even a homer like Brandi Chastain has to point out
that the USA isn't playing that great.
Nice background on Pia, because she really is like that, in terms of working song lyrics into
actual stuff she says.
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To be fair, U.S. soccer history doesn't have a huge collection of great moments.
A few that quickly come to mind:
The United States beating England in the 1950 World Cup.
Brandi Chastain's PK against China to win the 1999 Women's World Cup in front of a sold-out Rose
Bowl.
