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Originally Posted by victory
Anyway, I'm wondering whether the crowds will cheer USA on in the Olympics. At first thought, I doubt it but I seem to remember most of our Dream Teams being cheered on in the past. Or maybe it was only the first. Anyway, they had to go up against a stiff road crowd from what I saw. A lot of the young players should gain some valuable experience.
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I'm afraid that US athletes will be met with a great deal of hostility because of political considerations. In a perfect world, only athleticism would be the standard used to judge an athlete, but this isn't a perfect world and many people resent the United States, oppose its foreign policy, believe the anti-American propaganda that spews from various news sources, and will express their displeasure by booing American wins and cheering American defeats in Athens.
I pray that I'm wrong or that derisive noise is the worst that is visited upon our athletes in Greece.