Past, present and future come together when the United States plays Ireland on Saturday (ESPN2, 10 p.m. ET), the first game for the Americans since they won the Women's World Cup not quite four weeks ago in France.
The past is inescapable in the Rose Bowl, where 90,000 fans witnessed the 1999 World Cup final that provided -- with Brandi Chastain's help -- an unforgettable scene. But that isn't the only history in the grand old stadium, where three years later the U.S. women played in obscurity in front of crowds not even a tenth of the size.