U.S. Soccer Coach Pens 'Get Out of Work' Note for World Cup Match

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United States soccer coach Jürgen Klinsmann speaks at a news conference for the World Cup soccer tournament in Stanford, Calif., Friday, May 23, 2014.

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By Neha Prakash2014-06-26 12:49:26 UTC

Bless you, Jurgen Klinsmann and your forward-thinking ways.

The U.S. Men's National Soccer team coach penned a permission slip excusing all Americans from work on Thursday, so they could instead tune into the World Cup match of the century against Germany. The U.S. Soccer Twitter account tweeted the letter Wednesday night, giving your boss plenty of notice for taking a "personal day."

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I believe that we will win. I believe that the bosses, managers and CEOs of the world will simply declare Thursday a national holiday for the sake of patriotism — like July 4th Part 1.

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