but also remembering 1999 16 years ago the last time the women took it home. there was an explosion of support after that game. and the women s team now knows that that can happen yet again. i have the chance to sit down with a few of the mothers of those star players on this team and they say that their girls, they re women have that on their mind. they know that if they can win that they ve worked their whole lives for this. but if they can be part of a shift, an explosion in the sport in the states and, of course among the millions of those watching are those in the sport and they re so excited. they hope the whole team and whole tunry are behind them. we re behind all of those talented women on team usa. at least i am. i m going to show my bias here. i think there are a the love folks around that will probably support what is going to be happening shortly as they ramp up with energy. jacob, thank you so much. let s bring in new york times sports reporter george