Re: [nas] Top Ten US games?

Well I know about the germany game :P

Khan did so well, donovan almost beat him a ton of times.
Plus a little bit of controversy...



On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 09:25 AM, Kevin Lindstrom wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Childers" <sdchilders@triad.rr.com>
> > the first five I agree with, no doubt.  The next...well, I'm only 15, 
> > I
> > can't remember that far!
> :-)  Let me throw in a few comments and suggest that you see if you 
> can find
> someone who has a copy of these on video.
>
> > On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 02:59 AM, Kevin Lindstrom wrote:
> >
> > > Colombia '94
> Our first modern World Cup win, against a team that was supposed to 
> win the
> World Cup - this game basically put us into the second round.  I would 
> argue
> that it was the greatest soccer atmosphere for a US game ever - a 
> packed
> Rose Bowl, everyone hoping (but not expecting) for a win, and getting 
> it.
> Even on tape, you can smell the excitement.
>
> > > Trinidad '89
> This is the game that put us in the World Cup in 1990 - we had to win 
> on the
> road, and we did it.  Not real pretty soccer, but it was SO important. 
>  This
> is where the modern US team began.
>
> > > England '93
> In the grand scheme of things, not as big of a game except that we 
> won, 2-0,
> over England.  It was a part of the US Nike Cup.
>
> > > Italy '90
> We lost 1-0, but that was the first time we actually looked like we 
> could
> hold our own on the World Cup stage - in Italy, against a favorite to 
> win
> the Cup.
>
> > > Brazil '98
> Our first (and only) win over Brazil, this was arguably the best game 
> Kasey
> Keller has ever had.  Romario said after the game it was the best
> performance by a keeper he had seen in his life.  Pretty high praise 
> from a
> guy who has made his career out of beating every kind of goalkeepers, 
> even
> the best.
>
> > > Germany '02
> We went down swinging - we were the better team on the field, but we
> couldn't get the ball to fall in for us.  But this was the first time 
> you
> saw the US play in a game no one was taking for granted, with going to 
> the
> Semis on the line, and the team was worthy of playing for it.
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