Do you believe in Upsets!

First let's stop comparing the US beating Canada last night to the Miracle on Ice. It's not even comparable. The USA team is full of NHL players playing in the same league as the Canadian players.
But with that being said, it was as much fun as I've had watching a sporting event in a while. We went into their country and kicked their ass at their sport. We were underdogs and no one was predicting a win for the US team. They had too much talent, and we were too young. We were supposed to be building for the future. It's not too often that everyone was proven wrong.
What's fun about it is seeing the absolute joy the players had after winning the game. This game was a preliminary game that only had a bearing on what seeds teams got. Canada can still win the gold, and the US team can still go home empty handed. But the players jumped into a hog pile on the ice after the win. When do you see that other than after the winning the Stanley Cup. As for the Canadian side, you could see the pressure of a nation on their shoulders getting heavier and heavier as the game moved on.
But last night hockey was ours. Canada is our neighbor to the north. Say Canada to anyone, and the first word that comes to mind would be hockey. The pride themselves in everything that is hockey. That is the only sport that matters in their eyes. Ryan Miller prevented that pride from going into the net 40+ times. He stood on his head. I said it before the tournament started, that the goalies are so good, that anyone of them is capable of winning a game by themselves.
Imagine if some other country brought a baseball team over and beat the best American team at Wrigley field. We would be devastated. I know, I know we don't do well in the world baseball classic, but that is different, and the timing of it prevents the best performances from the best players. That is what Canada must feel like right now. Add this in with the rest of the Olympic gaffes, and Canada not have high self-esteem at this point.
Like Herb Brooks said, after the 1980 team beat the Russians, "If you don't win the next game, no one will remember that last game!" So the US advances as the #1 seed. The get to avoid Sweden, Russia, and Canada until the gold medal game if they get there. How fun would it be to play the Russians for the gold medal, 30 years after the 1980 Olympics.