Anyway, this 60-minute DVD is a nice keepsake of Team USAs run to the Last 8 of the worlds most prestigious sporting event. It is a bit pricey (only true fans need apply), and for some reason there are no player interviews or other soundbites following the Group Stage games (and no interviews at all of Bruce Arena, the architect of this adventure and a man whose stature rose enough due to its result that none other than the Italian FA was considering his hiring for their own national side...thankfully hes still here, as there is unfinished business at hand). Hearing the players and the coaches reflections upon passing farther in the tourney than any US team since 1930 (the first year the World Cup was contested) would have been a nice addition.

There is plenty of action, though...significant game footage is shown of all the USAs matches (especially the opener with Portugal, one of the best matches of the tournament), naturally all the goals and replays from various angles...and the commentary if from the UK coverage of the event (which saves us from listening to ESPNs), so we get to watch the highlights without listening to too much unnecessary blather. For the money there should be more; Id like to think FIFA would have approved a better package for one of the best World Cups ever, but Im sure their bottom line was the determining factor. At close to thirty dollars a throw someones doing pretty well from it.

Followers of USA Soccer and members of "Sams Army" cant do without this one, to be sure...see you in Germany in 2006; we owe Ballack & Co. a little somethin:-)