The Week contest — World Cup slogans

What would be a good slogan for the U.S.'s doomed soccer squad?

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Last week's contest: World Cup 2014 has begun, and the U.S. beat Ghana in its first match. What would be a good slogan for the U.S. squad, whose coach has admitted it has virtually no chance of winning the Cup?

RESULTS:

THE WINNER: USA, Part of the Way!

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Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.

SECOND PLACE: Let's go for the no-peat!

Terry Ingalls, Portland, Maine

THIRD PLACE: Who cares? It's not real football

Jim McGrath, Napa, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Gooooooooooooone!

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

The Star-crossed Stripes

Joanne Sullivan, Maspeth, N.Y.

Gooooooo-Home!

Mary Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-eh?

Bruce Ulrich, Port Huron, Mich.

Field of Bad Dreams

Mark Weaver, Redondo Beach, Calif.

The Dream On Team

Chris Day, New Orleans

Red, White, and Bruised

Ben Fernandez, New York City

Mission Accomplished

Anne Tinsley, New Braunfels, Texas

We Aren't the Champions

Camille V. Nightingale, Seattle

No we can't!

Lou Fein, Henderson, Nev.

Let's get that touchdown!

Edward Maryniak, Phoenix

We came, we saw, we tried

Jen Davis, Garnet Valley, Pa.

Morass on the Grass

Bruce Gritton, Watsonville, Calif.

Don't tread on me! No, really, please stop.

Jim Lancaster, Atlanta

Let's go Mets!

Dave Meyer, Verona, N.J.

Another War We Can't Win

Steve Solomon, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

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