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Published 14:19 6 Jul 2015 BST
Updated 14:28 6 Jul 2015 BST

"Remember that you guys are the greatest in the world at what you do. You have earned it. You guys are rock stars. You guys are warriors.
"You guys are 23 of the biggest badasses walking God's green Earth. Go handle your business, push the pace, dominate the game and bring it back home. Achieve that greatness."
Everyone in the JOE office was up, hand over heart, singing the Star-Spangled Banner after that.
With a pre-match speech that rousing , there was no way they could lose.
And they didn't - the US team crushed Japan 5-2, including a hat-trick from Carli Lloyd, with this wonderful strike the pick of the bunch.
Here's the glorious video...
https://twitter.com/ussoccer_wnt/status/617777453210054656
JOE wanted to know how the Rock's pre-match speech ranked with some of Hollywood's finest. Have a look at this lot...
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