The Week contest — World Cup slogans

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last updated 8 January 2015

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?

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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

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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.