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Article: Chicago Tribune Philip Hersh column: Obvious changing of the guard.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- September 28, 2007
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Byline: Philip Hersh
Sep. 28--HANGZHOU, China
As they left the stadium, two Brazilian players were banging out samba rhythms on drums, a third was slapping a tambourine and the rest of their teammates were singing.
They sashayed past Kristine Lilly, the last player still active from the teams who created the golden age of U.S. women's soccer. That age ended for good Thursday night, when the drums weren't the only thing Brazil pounded.
"It hurts," Lilly said, referring not to her eardrums but her psyche. "It just hurts."
Lilly has played in Women's World Cups since the first in 1991 and with the national team since 1987. Never ...