I'm Wet and I'm Cold, but Thank God I Ain't Old

It's not very often that a World Cup qualifying match gets the kind of advance publicity in the United States that tomorrow's encounter between the Red, White, and Blue and El Tri has generated, but then again, the U.S. is coming off its best-ever showing at a FIFA Tournament with a runner-up finish during June's Confederations Cup and looking to avenge a 5-0 throttling at the hands of our arch-rivals last month in the Gold Cup Final.

The fact that just last month Mexico pulled off a curb-stomping of the U.S. that Ed Norton would have been proud of is no reason for alarm, though. The resemblance between the lineup that Bob Bradley penciled at Giants Stadium and the one that will take the field tomorrow at the Azteca Stadium will only be slight at best.

Tomorrow, the U.S. will have the fantastic opportunity to re-awake the spirit of "Old Rough and Ready" himself, Zachary Taylor, and walk into Mexico ready to emerge victorious. I'm not sure where "entering into your archrival's national stadium, looking around at 114,000 screaming fanatics who would like nothing better than to see you eviscerated, and then emerging victorious" ranks on the "lifetime experience" list for an athlete, but hopefully the U.S. will be able to answer that question tomorrow evening.

Go get 'em, boys.