While results in the friendlies are not irrelevant, this run for the United States is more of an opportunity to gauge the effect that Klinsmann, a global soccer legend from his playing days in Germany, has had on the national program.
Their Raffles-style techniques have earned them something of a global, romantic legend, heightened by their having emerged from one of the poorer corners of Europe to steal only from the impossibly wealthy.
Among those at Thursday's launch was local actor James Nesbitt, who praised Gregg as a "global sporting legend".
Some Tamil traditions refer to the existence of Kumari Kandam, an ancient land (now submerged) off the coast of southernmost India where Tamil culture reputedly originated, a tradition that informed more recent global legends about the 'lost continent' of Lemuria in the Indian Ocean [26].
This is the movie set just before the time of the sci-fi classic that started it all – and the part that in 1977 made her a global star, a legend, a meme, and an imperishable part of pop culture at a time when pop culture itself was starting to become more and more important.
"Liverpool are a global club, a legend, and we are very proud to be allowed to compete in the Europa League against them.
In the 60-year-plus history 'With Ferrari, Schumacher matured into a legend, a global celebrity, an example for people from all parts of the world and an acclaimed icon' of Scuderia Ferrari, no other driver before him has raced for so long for the Italian racing team.
Such is the legacy of success that Sir Alex Ferguson built at Manchester United over 26 years, turning a then fading legend into a global sporting franchise which turned his adopted city into the football capital of the world.
By then, Brubeck was a legend in his own right – a global champion of a deeply personal brand of jazz.
Or even, possibly, that she married an international music legend, David Bowie, and became one half of a global super-couple.
