“Our Gold Medal was a Team effort.  We received contributions from all 19 players over the course of the tournament.  We got better each game and left little doubt about who the best Team in the tournament was.  Depsite battling 100 degree heat, food-poisoning that ripped through our Team and a raucous home crowd, we persevered andleft our mark on Maccabi Men's Soccer.  After a Silver Medal finish in 2005 (17th Maccabiah Games) and a Gold Medal finish in 2007, the bar has been set high for the USA Open Men's Soccer Team.”