hey german guy, number 8, right? how does the german squad look this year? pretty old in my mind... Kahn and Ballack are washed up.. and u really have the nads to say Japan is BETTER than the US? Landon Donvan, Damarcus Beasley, Dempsey, Gibbs, Pope, Bocanegra, not to mention Mcbride, who has more goals than Henry in the EPL; plus add in 5 solid american players playing in the Bundesliga, thats a pretty good league, right german guy? just mark down the US getting to the elite 8 again...oh yeah, i believe if the Germans didn't pay off that ref in the 2002 World Cup we would have beat you, remember the handball in the box?? so just cut the old fashioned-US-is-not-in-the-same-league-as-the-rest-of-world nonsence, or just keep thinking that, but don't cry to hitler when we beat ya'll again...