51.   The American soccer players beat Kuwait to advance to the second round in the Olympic for the first time.

52.   The American soccer team advanced to the second round by shocking Colombia, then lost to eventual champion Brazil.

53.   The Brazil loss told a lot about the current state of American soccer.

54.   The icon of American soccer remains the primary drawing card in a first-year league that is still searching for a larger identity.

55.   The future of American soccer is not unlike the past of Canadian hockey, hardscrabble youngsters who go off to learn the game on teams with older players.

56.   The national team that lost all its games in the last World Cup tournament, four years ago, has at last made American soccer credible in world competition.

57.   The key to the future of American soccer is player development, he said.

58.   The lords of American soccer, Alan Rothenberg and Hank Steinbrecher, had been openly trying to hire just about any certified international genius they could pry loose.

59.   The politics and economics of American soccer were of little matter to Baggio.

60.   The US was awarded third place on goal differential over Yugoslavia, and the future seemed bright for American soccer.