what a victory for the american women. what were you thinking as you cheered them on? well, i was sitting with julie fouty, carla overbeck, cindy parlow and every score that came, we jumped out of our seat. when the final whistle blew, i think we all jumped up and raised our arms up and just, you know, just this collective, yes, we ve done it. to watch the players be so excited and to know that they fulfilled their objective and not in just winning, but just coming out and playing aggressive attack-minded soccer was it was just exciting to see for us but also the crowd that came i think 50,000, 57,000 people and half of them or more were americans was incredible. yeah, it s amazing. and so now they won on the field, but they re also fighting this other battle. there s the court fight for equal pay to the men s team. let s listen to what two of the
of a penalty kick from the foot of captain carli lloyd. and the closer kelly o hara coming off the bench to score her first goal ever in an emotional international finish. looking to play for the championship sunday in vancouver. the world will be watching. among those is the young woman joining us on the phone right now, julie fouty, the espn analyst and champion with team usa the last time they took home the trophy in 1999. julie, thanks for talking to us. i appreciate your time. it s hard to imagine it s been 16 years since the u.s. last won that championship, your team with the likes of chastain and hamm and scurry. what s unique as you witness this team s run to the championship? well what s unique peter, is the first part of this tournament we kept wondering, okay, this is a team we know with a ton of talent but they