From the world of Women’s Olympic Soccer:

“I want to say something,” German defender Steffi Jones said after the Americans eliminated them 2-1 in overtime in Monday’s semifinals. “For those players who are ending their soccer careers, we should say thank you.

“Playing against them was awful. Playing with them (in the WUSA) was wonderful. But the whole game of women’s soccer owes them so much. They opened so many doors. I wish that they win the final, and have a nice life afterward.”

Classy sportsmanship. Perhaps this is why I enjoy women’s soccer more than most traditional “American sports.” The players haven’t become egotistical jerks like many of our more high profile athletes.