the redeem team
the nickname for the 2008 us mens olympic basketball team. They got that nickname cause tht had to reeem themselves from poor preformances the last 4 years. They did redeem themsels as they won gold.
Spain lost to the redeem team.
redeem team
A team that would redeem itself after suffering a humiliating defeat beforehand, derived from the nickname of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Basketball team which have recently won a gold medal after finishing embarrassingly at third at Athens four years before.
While it took seven years, the Giants were able to make a redeem team push which results in them winning the Super Bowl to redeem themselves of an embarrassing 2001 defeat.