USA 1 - Algeria 0

Hey, the United States finally won a World Cup soccer game today! And in the 91st minute of a 90-minute game no less. . By doing so, they won their section, and so play Ghana next. England, by placing second, gets to play Germany next, a much more formidable opponent than we have. Slovenia, who was within a whisker of advancing (in place of the USA), gets to go home. .

I've been saving the MSNBC headline (below) for about six months now. It seemed like bulletin board material at the time it came out, but I guess the USA knew what they were talking about.

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We shall see how they do against Ghana and beyond. They certainly haven't scared anybody yet. Barely beating Algeria is not a signature victory, and Brazil (probably) waits in the wings. Tomorrow is another day, but for now we can bask in glow of two miraculous finishes (against Slovenia and Ghana), as well as the knowledge that other teams may be better than us, but none are more resilient.