BORMIO, Italy – The U.S. Ski Team’s “Best in the World” slogan was a laughing matter for years on the World Cup circuit. The team took so much criticism after the Turin Olympics that it dropped the slogan.

Maybe it’s time to bring it back.

Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn won overall titles for the first American sweep since Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney 25 years ago. In all, U.S. skiers took home five crystal globes this season to just two for the Austrian “Wunderteam.”

“That’s what we’re about: doing the best we can and showing the world that we’re here to win and prove that America is also the land of skiing,” said Phil McNichol, the retiring U.S. men’s head coach.

Miller also won the super-combi crown, Kildow clinched the downhill crystal globe and Ted Ligety took the giant slalom title.

Traditionally, Europeans have dominated World Cup skiing, winning 75 of the 84 men’s and women’s overall titles handed out since the circuit began in 1966-67.

“It is cool to see us take those globes away from the Europeans once in a while,” Miller said after the season ended Sunday with the cancellation of the team event.

Spending six months of the year overseas, Americans have tended to struggle.

“The biggest difference is we have to be on the road all year, so it requires us to take an approach to be a family,” McNichol said.

“To go on the road and sacrifice everything else in your life to pursue a sport that you love, you need a family that supports you, and that family turns out to be your team, and then you can shine as an individual within that environment,” McNichol added. “That’s what I’ve tried to create, that’s what Patrick (Riml, the U.S. women’s coach) has tried to create, and we’ve shown we can be successful when we believe in ourselves.”

Miller and Vonn won six races each this season, Ligety won two and Marco Sullivan won a downhill in Chamonix, France, for his first World Cup victory.

Also, Julia Mancuso recorded six top-three finishes, Steven Nyman had one runner-up result, Scott Macartney was third in a downhill and Resi Stiegler matched her best career result with a fourth in a slalom before crashing and missing the rest of the season.