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Brazil 3, United States 2: What This Loss Does For American Soccer (In A Good Way)
The Bucky Channel - The World of Sports from Wisconsin's Perspective. —
All afternoon long while I was watching this soccer game, I was looking forward to writing an article about how the United States has finally arrived on the world soccer scene. The focus of my article was going to be about how a win against Brazil in the Confederations Cup finals was going to be the defining moment in American soccer history. After Landon Donovan converted a beautiful transition attack to put the U.S. up 2-0, I thought for sure this game was in the book. But Brazil rallied back and beat the U.S. 3-2, and the Americans were left to wonder about the game that got away. ...
So Close, But No Cigar For U.S.
The Mighty Quinn Media Machine —
The U.S. jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final in South Africa today, and it looked like an upset of historic proportions might be in the cards. It wasn't to be. Brazil, down by two at halftime, came storming back in the second half on goals by Luis Fabiano, who scored twice, and Lucio, the go-ahead goal inside the last seven minutes. It was a terrific match, and the Americans did themselves proud. Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan scored the early goals for the Americans. Here's the full story from ESPN Soccernet. Nice job, guys. No shame in losing to a team with the history of Brazil, ...
The United States as Upstarts
Soccer Training Info —
... TV he should be given a rest and wondering how many times he gave the ball away, to winning the adidas Bronze Ball along side two greats of the game. Post match, he walked up to receive the award and stood next to Kaka of Real Madrid, who won the golden ball, and Fabiano of Sevilla, who won the silver ball and the golden shoe as the top scorer, for a photo op. Kaka sits at the top of the throne It s hard to pick just one player for Brazil, who stands alone and above all the others. As Donovan stated after the game : You look around at their players, and you realize why ...
The Morning Skate for Monday, June 29th
Four Habs Fans —
Bullet points for what you missed while having nightmares of blowing a two-goal lead... RDS reports that Bob wanted to announce a Vinny trade at the draft, but was rebuffed by the Lightning owner. Hmmmm; Jay Bouwmeester has been traded to Calgary. Hope he enjoys the two days there.Two days left 'til Free Agent Frenzy Day (©TSN). Panger tells us he's got a UFA preview for you. If it's as good as his Draft preview, watch out. ...
Aaaaaand They Lost
Sparty and Friends —
Okay, I was a twittering fool Sunday afternoon. I decided I was going to watch my first full soccer game since the United States beat Colombia in the 1994 World Cup. It looked like a really good choice for the first 45 mins of the Confederations Cup Finals.
By now, you have heard that the US jumped out to a shocking 2-0 lead in the first half against heavily favored Brazil. It looked like the US was carrying momentum from their monumental upset of Spain from last week. I was feeling quite patriotic, seeing that this was a pretty big game since it was an FIFA final. It is like when I watch gymnastics or figure skating ...
Rewind: USA Men in FIFA Confederations Cup (v BRAZIL)
The World's Beautiful Game —
from US Soccer,
The U.S. Men's National Team led the five-time world champion for 64 minutes in their first ever final in major FIFA tournament, but eventually fell as Brazil scored three unanswered goals for a 3-2 victory at Ellis Park in Johannesburg at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup...
Even with the disappointing loss, the second-place finish stands as the best-ever performance for the U.S. in a FIFA competition...
Read the complete US Soccer match report here ...
