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no offense terrier but you have stated athletes that are dominant in one sport could be should be dominant in other sports...my example i give you is michael jordan-great basketball-bad baseball different sports require different skills and you calling the US team third tier athletes....well we all have our opinions

well here are my thoughts the game is cruel but, it took a miracle to get us past the first round we beat spain to get to the final and we had a two goal lead on brazil but this is a game that we SHOULD have won now I would have never guessed that we would be leading 2-0 at half there was a goal for brazil did not count that should have Bradley and company better find some depth SOON

passing now looks like it did the first two games CRAPPY

speechless....just speechless

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME Fabiano 2nd goal of the game US 2 Brazil 2

we need some fresh legs!!!!

eat the clock up boys!

much better but Dempsey is only working on the offensive end and he has got to get back more when he can

i think we got away with one there!!! The noise are horns that the fans have... we better make some changes SOON!

no, he is not on this team

its time to take Dempsey and Davies out...(just my opinion)

Crap! US 2 - Brazil 1 Fabiano 46th minute

ESPN 2nd half just started

1st half over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS AMAZING!

US 2 - Brazil 0 Donavan 27th minute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bocanegra - Yellow Card - 18th minute

US 1 - Brazil 0!!!! Dempsey in the 10th minute

The starting lineups have been announced as follows: For the U.S., it's the same team that beat Spain other than Benny Feilhaber stepping into the middle to replace the suspended Michael Bradley. GK: Tim Howard D: Jonathan Spector, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Carlos Bocanegra M: Clint Dempsey, Feilhaber, Ricardo Clark, Landon Donovan F: Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore For Brazil, coach Dunga has resisted the urge to get both of his world-class right backs, Maicon and Dani Alves, on the field at once. GK: Julio Cesar D: Maicon, Lucio, Luisao, Andre Santos M: Felipe Melo, Gilberto Silva M: Kaka, Ramires F: Luis Fabiano, Robinho

Here we go!!! I just bet my son that if the US wins he can NOT root for Brazil at all next summer, if Brazil wins I have to root for the Samba boys every game they play (unless the play the US)...

i did waste 90 plus min on this...my wife left the house before the first half was over! No, she did not watch, she was just tired of me screaming at the tv. The last thing she said was "THEY CAN"T HEAR YOU!" I really cant think of anything positive to say about the game...

I am so depressed...poor passing, poor marking, poor coaching...these are just are my opinions, but somethings have got to change...I know there are some key injuries but I feel the issues are bigger than that...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- If this was a dress rehearsal for next year's World Cup, the United States showed it's far from ready. The U.S. was hammered for the second time in a four-day span at the Confederations Cup, with Brazil outplaying the Americans 3-0 Thursday. Felipe Melo scored off Maicon's free kick in the seventh minute and Robinho made it 2-0 in the 20th, completing a counterattack that began when DaMarcus Beasley failed to come up with a short corner kick. Maicon added the third goal in the 62nd. The United States (0-2) finished a man short for the second straight game. Sacha Kljestan was ejected by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca in the 57th minute for a rough foul on Ramires. "Tentative start, goal on the set piece," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. "Just an awfully difficult way to start vs. Brazil." Combined with an opening 3-1 loss to Italy on Monday, the defeat put the United States on the verge of first-round elimination. While the U.S. plays Egypt on Sunday, the Americans would have no chance to advance if Italy gained at least a tie against the Egyptians later Thursday. Missing injured defenders Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo and Frankie Hejduk, the U.S. been shaky in the back. Melo's goal marked the third time in four matches the United States fell behind within the first seven minutes. The U.S. has never overcome a deficit against Brazil, which improved to 13-1 in head-to-head meetings and has outscored the United States 26-8. The lone American victory was a 1-0 upset at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean. Brazil (2-0), the defending Confederations Cup champion and a five-time World Cup winner, opened with a 4-3 victory over Egypt and is assured a berth in the semifinals going into its final first-round match, against Italy on Sunday. Melo beat defender Jonathan Spector for the first goal, taking Maicon's 25-yard free kick following a foul by Michael Bradley and heading it past goalkeeper Tim Howard from about 5 yards. The second goal came on an end-to-end effort after Beasley failed to read Landon Donovan's short corner kick. Andres Santos cleared to Kaka, the 2007 FIFA player to the year, who touched the ball to Ramires. He dribbled 50 yards upfield before dishing off to Robinho. Maicon got the third goal off passes from Kaka and Ramires, with the last pass bouncing off defender Jonathan Bornstein right by the goal. The closest the U.S. came to scoring was when second-half substitutes Benny Feilhaber and Conor Casey hit the crossbar in the final 10 minutes.

note to self: avoid Waco University...

you assume correctly

I have no problem saying that I wish your son all the best Islander! You and I have had some great conversations over these past two years and I am going to miss those and your writing expertise.