Thursday, June 25, 2009

FIFA Confederations Cup: United States 2 - 0 Spain


Call it a miracle on grass -- maybe not the World Cup, but still an American soccer echo of the U.S. hockey team's upset of the Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. By winning, the maligned United States advanced to its first men's FIFA final since starting play in 1916.

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Alvarez:
Spain display a sensational caraja

Rogers:
Time has come to fear U.S. soccer

Davis:

U.S. sends shock waves across Europe

Trecker:
Biggest U.S. win ever

Latham:

Altidore gets the last laugh on Spain

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