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U.S. rout of Panama brings new beginning, reignites World Cup hopes

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Just a few hundred yards from Orlando City Stadium, out near the intersection of West Church Street and South Lee Avenue, there is a squat, beige, altogether anonymous office building. Thousands of soccer fans who filled the stands here walked past it, and most surely paid it no mind as they banged on their drums, drank from their bottles or sang.

The building, though, belongs to the Florida Department of Health. And, if you look on one side, it has a sign that says, in black capital letters, what can be found inside: BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES.