On Top of the World The adversity was implied - both whispered and shouted - in every word written, every tweet tweeted, every morsel of doubt the naysayers could find. One meandering column or exclamation point at a time. Too young. Too inexperienced. Too many superstars taking a World Championship pass. The adversity was real, a virtual sea of Turkish red. The Sinan Erdem Dome: 15,000 raucous Turks buoyed by the home team’s seminal semifinal theatrics, further charged to cheer down these upstart Americans. Too difficult. Too loud. Too many things that could easily go wrong in the ...