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On the other side of the Atlantic, Efrain Alvarez is the latest young star to be forced into one of international soccer's toughest choices, with the Mexican-American finding himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between the U.S. men's national team and El Tri, two of the sport's fiercest rivals. Alvarez is not the first, nor will he be the last to find himself in this position as the U.S. and Mexico regularly duel for some of North America's brightest young talents. But the LA Galaxy starlet is, for better or worse, now in the spotlight as he faces a decision that will ultimately define ...

Beat belgium and get through, that would be a huge success. it's already a success. i think what you've seen in terms of the -- >> that's a loser's attitude. >> really? >> it was a group of death. a lot of people didn't think -- we had an under 35% chance. >> you're one of these trophies for everyone kids, aren't you? >> third place ribbon. ninth place ribbon. >> he's an optimist for usa as am i. >> in 2002, that was back before everyone was pretending to care about soccer. >> there was a lot of caring about soccer. >> was it real or pretend? >> i think it was real. i watched that game -- >> a...

two close shots in the final seconds of the game. but unable to convert. germany, of course, gets the win. thanks to portugal's win over ghana, the u.s. gets to advance, making believers out of american soccer skeptics. katy tur is at grant park in chicago, one of the viewing parties across the country this afternoon. all of work has stopped this afternoon. president obama caught the game aboard air force one. tell us about the energy in the president's hometown during the game. >> reporter: it was a pretty decent crowd out here. a lot of younger people, actually. it was like a sea o...

♪ >> coming up on espnews. the old saying is "let nature take its course," but no one said anything about nature taking over the course. if getting shut out by the worst team in baseball wasn't bad enough, the yankees add injury to insult. north carolina has already won the national title in basketball. the tar heels trying to keep the dream alive in baseball. and, why team u.s.a. has its work cut out in the confed cup and the world cup. this is espnews. captioning by captionmax >> hi and welcome to espnews. along with will selva, i'm j.w. stewart. normally bethpage black only has ...