The Dutch national soccer team is well on the way to qualifying for the 2006 World Cup finals. It's too early to get excited, but Marco van Basten has the Orange nicely sorted out. One of Holland's problems over the last decade has been that the team was filled with extraordinarily talented stars who simply weren't committed enough to the idea of "team". Dutch players in the post-Cruyff and post-Gullit eras played for minutes, not for Holland necessarily.

Here's a terrific article explaining the positive things that happen when players stop playing for minutes, and start playing for the team.