on their faces and from brazil is soccer writer matt negron, the creator of awayandhome.com. we ll start with the u.s. women. abbey, alex, what a game, how do you feel watching the u.s. men battle through and winning? wow. what a game. i mean, so many positives to take out of the game and they started out well, you know? they responded well and we were just so excited at the bar we were at with all of our teammates. we were going nuts. it was exciting. obviously getting that early goal it felt like we were hanging on for dear life the entire match but, man, john brooks, are you kidding me? 21 years old, kid comes up and saves the americans life in this game. it s awesome. and it s gonna because abby a lot of people might not know this began that has been a huge nemesis for the u.s. is this victory extra sweet considering gallon knocked the u.s. out of the last two world cups? absolutely. we all know in the u.s. soccer world we all know that ghana has
right? well, we thought the name was pretty awesome. and being a soccer fan, my husband disagreed. that was the name that convinced me. it convinced me. he s got to be born for stardom with a name like that. so david beckham was a catalyst but you thought it was a right name, correct? i know, i know. thank you, guys, thank you very much. lance damp zi and ashley dempsey the brother and sister-in-law of clint dempsey. congratulations to both of you. u.s. national team fans around the world and country celebrating tonight s victory so joining me tonight is alex morgan and abby wambaugh, u.s. national soccer team players and olympic gold medalists. they watched the game in hartford with the rest of their teammates, they have big smiles on their faces and from brazil is soccer writer matt negron, the creator of awayandhome.com. we ll start with the u.s. women.