United States was game for the first half of the Confederation Cup and kept Brazil unbalanced for the the first 45 minutes, however the second half Brazil brought out all talent and experience to shattered the Americans dream of a Confederation Cup and a FIFA title by loosing 3-2 to Brazil.......

The United States played the first half of the game like they were possessed and destined to win the match, their offense was on top of their game and they were taking the battle straight up Brazil's face. After the Surprise win over Spain, the North Americans were near writing a historic page in US soccer, with goals by Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan for a 2-0 advantaged, it looked like they would surprise the world again.

But hold up......Brazil turn it around in the second half thanks to one Luis Fabiano who shorten the American lead at the (46m), and scored the the tying goal (74m) and ten minute later (84m) Lucio would put the Brazilians ahead for good and hold off United States for a 3-2 win.

The first goal by the United States came at minute 10 of the match, a center volley by Jonathan Spector to Clint Dempsey who made a quick touch of the ball to surprise Julio Cesar, Brazil's goalkeeper and put the score 1-0 in favor of the Americans.

At the 27m, Landon Donovan stole the ball and passed it to Charlie Davies, who in turn passed it back to Donovan and made a quick stop to turn Ramires around and scored the second tally for the US.

Brazil's talent, experience and well coached was a bit overwhelming for the Americans in the second half as they would approached the Americans zone at will, creating opportunities to eventually score and win the match.

This was Brazil's third Confederation Cup, who won it in 1997, 2005 and 2009.


We can't blame the US for the loss, they put up a valiant effort and made the game interesting and enjoyable to watch, one thing for certain the level of play by the Americans and also the learning experience of this match has helped their game lot more than the loss they received.