[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 84 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H3818-H3819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRATULATIONS TO U.S. WORLD CUP SOCCER TEAM

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if any of my colleagues have 
done this, but I simply wanted to rise and extend congratulations to 
the U.S. World Cup soccer team. Over the last weeks, we have had the 
chance to watch a phenomenal group of individuals under the leadership 
of Coach Arena move all the way to the quarter finals. We saw the 
spectacular win earlier this week over our dear friends from Mexico.
  Today, unfortunately, we saw them lose 1-0 to Germany. There is 
little doubt that the game that was played

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today probably saw the best performance through the entire World Cup by 
the U.S. team.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I just want to say from Friedel to Donovan to 
McBride, and all of the wonderful players on the U.S. soccer team, 
congratulations on a job well done. You represented the United States 
extraordinarily well.

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