A journey of a thousand miles begins...

...with a single step. The U.S. U-17s stepped together onto the field at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, for the first time at Noon on Oct. 29, exactly 24 hours before they begin their historic journey, facing Japan in the Group C opener at the first FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. It was a symbolic step, of course, but one representative of a team united in their quest to be world champions...and heck, it's a pretty cool picture too.