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{{Small quote box|Weezer is recording a new song this week for the U.S. soccer team...hopefully to be released before Saturday's game. It's called Reprazent!|[[Rivers Cuomo]], Twitter<ref name="twitter">@riverscuomo "Weezer is recording a new song this week for the U.S. soccer team...hopefully to be released before Saturday's game. It's called Reprazent!" ''Twitter''. 7 June 2010. https://twitter.com/RiversCuomo/status/15667380671</ref>}}In [[2006]], in exchange for tickets to U.S. soccer matches, [[Rivers Cuomo]] was asked by the U.S. Soccer Federation to write a theme song for the team. In the months leading up to the World Cup Finals, however, Cuomo found himself preoccupied with finishing his final semester of college and preparing for his wedding. By the time Cuomo found time to write later that year, his mood had dramatically shifted following the poor performance of the U.S. team, who were eliminated in the first round, leading him to write the melancholy ballad "[[My Day Is Coming]]." Years later, however, Cuomo sought to write a newer, more enthusiastic song.<ref name="phone">U.S. Soccer "Studio 90: Rivers Cuomo Interview" ''YouTube''. 24 June 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK8vvrcbTmM</ref> On [[June 7]], [[2010]], Cuomo announced on Twitter<ref name="twitter" /> that Weezer was recording a new song that week for the U.S. team, ahead of the U.S. team's first match that Saturday ([[June 12]]). "Represent" was co-written by Cuomo with [[Rick Nowels]], who Cuomo also collaborated with on the ''[[Hurley]]'' album track "[[Hang On]]." "Represent" was released as a standalone digital single on [[June 11]], [[2010]].