Meet your World Cup Quarterfinalists

I need my life back, my kids are hungry, my wife is ready to leave me and I can't even make a good post anymore...no, I"m not going on the road with Willie, but dammit I have the Cup sickness.

I realized I had a problem last night while watching by far the worst game of the second round including two teams (SUI/UKR) that will be given as sacrifices to Italy as they cruise into the Semi-finals (I really hope that I just put the hex on the Italians, but we'll wait and see)...

anyway...every four years we see a team reach the quarterfinals that surprises everyone and becomes the feel good story of the summer...alas, unless Ghana pulls off the upset of the century today, we will have no such story, but I'd still like to give props to the ugliest team currently in the quarterfinals:
So let's take a moment and meet the country and team from Ukraine (please refrain from using 'the')

Ukraine: from the Old Slavic root "kraj" meaning 'place', generally accepted as meaning "Land of the People" in contemporary translation

1st recorded human habitants: 4500 BC to 3000 BC, also the last time they were in the
Cup
Independence: 1991 as one of the founding member of the "Commonwealth of Independent States."
Government: Parliamentary democracy
Largest City: Kiev
Population (2005): approx. 47 million
Calling Code: +380
Most Famous Ukrainian Event prior to Quarterfinals in '06 WC: Chernobyl Meltdown in 1986
Most Famous Ukrainian prior to Andriy Shevchenko: Eugene Hutz
Greatest Line in Ukrainian/American Film History uttered by Eugene Hutz:
"Many girls want to be carnal with me... because I'm such a premium dancer!"
Ukrainian Odds of Winning World Cup: 81 to 1

So, there's my country breakdown of the biggest underdog left barring a miracle from earlier today (please, no spoilers). I know MCP and Goose are looking for more Aaron Spelling and Superman talk, but the volume for all things non-WC is turned completely off. I'm currently surviving off Trader Joe's Asian Crackers and Oil Can's of Fosters Bitter and if I fall off the tracks now the crash will be too much, have to keep focused.

Thanks for all the patience and understanding from family and friends, there's only ten games left and Safeway is about to run dry on Fosters.