Damn. Kentucky v. North Carolina in the Final. Oddly enough, the two countries have never played each other in the World Cup.

Same score, but a much better, more competitive game than yesterday morning. Both teams were on the attack throughout, and Turkey had plenty of good chances. For all the talk about how far the U.S. has come in soccer, take note that the Turks were playing in their first tournament since 1954, and did not win a single qualifying game in the 1980's. I mean, they sucked, and I mean Michael Bolton / Hansen / Moby / Dave Matthews Band all-day concert-in-the-park sucked. From what I can gather, their recent international rise stems in large part from the heavy influx of immigration to Germany; many of their players, in fact, are German-born (Senegal, by the way, had more than a few players who had either been born, or raised, in France).