I want to party like it's 1999. Remember what happened in soccer that year?  The U.S.A. Women's team won the World Cup in a shootout with China before 50,000+ in the Rose Bowl. I'll admit I'm not a full-time soccer fan and always kind of watched from afar, but at that time, the band wagon was a great ride to jump on.  I'm not ashamed to say I'm on board full time again with the current U.S.A. Mens team.  When Landon Donovan scored "the goal" I ripped off my U.S.A. shirt ala Brandi Chastain, and ran screaming around my empty house like a crazy person!

Imagine if they can actually WIN THE CUP? Do you believe in miracles?!  YES!! The country was in a dreary rut in 1980 when the U.S.A. hockey team shocked the world with their win over the USSR. Lord knows we're in a dreary, oily, rut right now.  With Italy and France out of the picture, and Spain hanging by a thread, chances are looking very realistic for a run at this thing (Did I just say realistic? Yes, I'm serious and don't call me Shirley).  Regardless of the outcome, thanks to "the goal", life doesn't seem so dreary right now.

As mentioned above, France is out of the picture, but they were in the picture for the last installment of the Original Retro Brand's "Kickin' Captions Contest." For those of you just checking in, the contest is simple; we provide a photo featuring one or more of our new international soccer t-shirts and you provide a caption that best fits the picture.  The Original Retro Brand panel of judges then chooses their favorite caption. The Winner receives a FREE Original Retro Brand T-shirt of their choice. A new photo will appear on this blog every Tuesday and Friday through to the World Cup Finale on July 11th.

The latest winning caption was entered by Allen Duncan of Saint Charles, Illinois.  Since his wife turned him on to the contest, he picked this Illinois shirt for her...Nice guys DO finish first! Winning caption in the photo below.  Congrats Allen!

"NEED A HAND PACKING FOR HOME, FRANCE?"

Here are a few other captions that were in the running.....

"South Africa dummies beat hapless France in World Cup play…"

"He who will not shake the hand may receive the shocker.."

Now that we're in a new U.S.A. "Era of good feeling," * let's see your best shot at today's photo below:

"ANYBODY HAVE A GOOD CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO?"

Enter your caption in the post/view comment section at the end of this post and check back this coming Tuesday 6/29/10 to see if you are a winner!**

GOOD LUCK AND LET’S SEE THOSE CAPTIONS! FOR UPDATES, GREAT DEALS, CONTESTS, AND MORE FUN FROM THE ORIGINAL RETRO BRAND,  BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

* Era of Good Feeling (1817–25) was a period in United States political history in which partisan bitterness was almost non-existent (Yes, I'm serious and don't call me Shirley).

** one caption guess per customer