I want to thank, in order of appearance, Charlie, Ray,
Kevin, Mark, Mike, Lee, James and Brian for coming to
the USA kickoff party at the Blarney Stone on Thursday.
Thanks to you, we had just enough people to make the
event work - the rest of you out there are WEAK SAUCE,
to use a colorful British term. Kevin and Ray won the
pub quiz prizes although this was not graded scientifi-
cally. Highlight videos of the USMNT were seen on the
big screen for the first time ever in Osaka and a rousing
rendition of the Flintstones themesong was sung. See
you Monday night (Tue AM) 1:00 at the Blarney again
for USA - CZECH Republic.