Alright, who out there is excited? First, I vitually fly here from Cologne in the back of a VW on the autobahn. Second, the fantastic Timmy Cahill gives us one of the highlights of the tournament so far. Now we're just moments from kickoff here in AusArena.

One of my German friends remarked the other day in Munich, "We've waited so long for this, and now it's here."

Now I understand the feeling.

The USA starting lineup is exactly what we expected (4-5-1) — Keller, Lewis, Onyewu, Pope, Cherundolo, Convey, Reyna, Mastroeni, Beasley, Donovan, McBride.

The Czechs are without Milan Baros go — Cech, Grygera, Rozenhal, Ujlfalusi, Galasek, Jankulovski, Poborsky, Rosicky, Nedved, Koller, Plasil.