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Legacy and the American Way

Define the moment, or be defined by it. The choice of action or non-action is entirely your own. All legacies live in the definition of moments. As I was watching the closing moments of the USA World Cup Women's soccer match versus Brazil, I found myself in amazement contemplating the drastically polar effects of victory and defeat. The destiny of women's soccer in the USA depended on 11 players, and how they defined the fleeting moments of a far from perfect match. If the USA had lost, history would have been made - the worst Women's World Cup finish in American history. The courageous display of American spirit that had kept them in the match would have been deemed irrelevant by their failure to capitalize in the closing moments. The world would chidingly applaud their futile fight while questioning their legitimacy as an international powerhouse. Confirmation would have been given to American sports fans that women's soccer was a non-entity. Instead though, t