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The day the U.S. came of age

By Andrew Hush

Thursday, June 25, 2009

"All the f---ing experts in America, everybody who thinks they know about soccer, they can all look at the score tonight, and let's see what they have to say now. Nobody has any respect for what we do, for what goes on on the inside, so let them all talk now." Michael Bradley's words after the U.S. team's win against Egypt on Sunday. While his passion was welcome, my first thought was that I hoped he and his teammates would see the win as a beginning, as opposed to some sort of conclusion. Afte ...

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