“You feel kind of like an outsider because soccer is not a mainstream sport necessarily, so we thought ‘American Outlaws’ worked well for what we were trying to do.”

“It’s the United States. We are winning the game. Ooooooh!”

In this game against Germany, the U.S. held on for a 4-3 victory.

U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard was excited about the sellout crowd.

“To see a big massive stadium, a historic stadium for us, U.S. soccer-wise, to be filled and to play a team like Germany, it is special because we have not always gotten that. But it has grown and I think it is a testament to our supporters.”

And that is As It Is. I’m June Simms in Washington.

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