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VIDEO: US Women's Soccer Celebration Proves Thrashers Are America's Team

You'll have a hard time coming up with anything more USA! than active military personnel celebrating a victory by a United States team. During the USWNT's Women's World Cup 3-1 semifinals victory over France Wednesday, cameras looked in on the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based in Afghanistan.

As troops celebrated Lauren Cheney's goal to put the USA up 1-0 early on, you can clearly see both the Star-Spangled Banner and an Atlanta Thrashers flag being waved (26-second mark):

For more on the 2011 Women's World Cup, visit SB Nation's soccer hub.

Photographs by coka_koehler used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.