Quote :

"USA needs 1 more goal and Brazil needs 1 more goal!"

Are we sure about that? The broadcast is saying if US gets one more they are through if the 3-0 Brazil lead holds...

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM. Reason : they just said like 10 times that 3-0, 3-0 would be good enough b/t both espn/2]

6/21/2009 3:55:28 PM

i think brazil needs one more too, but im not sure.

bradley needs to take dempsey off now, hes not getting back, hes just shooting wherever he gets it. hes so bad
today

what kind of move is this. taking off altidore. hes been playing way better than dempsey. fucking stupid

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:58 PM. Reason : asd]

6/21/2009 3:57:50 PM

And Bradley again with a headscratching sub

Leaving Dempsey in who is sucking ass and taking off Altidore

If Italy get shut out and we win 3-0 and Brazil wins 3-0 we advance on goals scored

Dempsey with the goal fml

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 4:01 PM. Reason : ..]

6/21/2009 3:59:19 PM

Wowowow... holy shit. Where did this come from?

6/21/2009 4:00:28 PM

REDEMPTION

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM. Reason : now D the fuck up]

6/21/2009 4:00:36 PM

ok dempsey you made up for it

6/21/2009 4:00:53 PM

USA!

USA!

USA!

6/21/2009 4:01:36 PM

world pwnt...stay home?

6/21/2009 4:02:03 PM

dang guzan has been super pissed at feilhaber the last couple of plays

6/21/2009 4:03:53 PM

hmmm...

so they are saying as of right now, we are into the Semis

6/21/2009 4:04:32 PM

i guess because we beat egypt by goal differential and italy by goals scored?

6/21/2009 4:06:33 PM

USA is at -2 Goal Diff
EGY is at -3 Goal Diff

USA has 4 goals scored
ITA has 3 goals scored

6/21/2009 4:08:34 PM

Kaka just missed another goal... that would have helped

FINAL
Brazil (3:0) Italy

3 minutes away for USA

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM. Reason : ]

6/21/2009 4:11:52 PM

come on....2 more mins....

wooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooo



[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM. Reason : .]

6/21/2009 4:20:56 PM

damn i did not expect that

good luck against spain

6/21/2009 4:23:18 PM

FINAL GROUP STANDINGS

Group A standings:
#1 ESP 3-0-0, +8, 9pts
#2 RSA 1-1-1, +0, 4pt
#2 IRQ 0-2-1, -1, 2pt
#4 NZL 0-1-2, -7, 1pts

Group B standings:
#1 BRA 2-0-0, +4, 6pts
#2 USA 1-0-2, -2, 3pts
#3 ITA 1-0-2, -2, 3pts
#4 EGY 1-0-2, -3, 3pts

Semifinals:
6/24 @ 2:30pm Spain v. USA
6/25 @ 2:30pm Brazil v. South Africa

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM. Reason : ]

6/21/2009 4:23:19 PM

I wonder what's the odd against Spain will be. probably at least 2 goals.

6/21/2009 4:24:34 PM

spain/brazil could be epic given the current form of each

6/21/2009 4:25:20 PM

We can't let this result blind us to the fact that Bob Bradley still needs to be fired.

6/21/2009 4:30:43 PM

yea this game had nothing to do with bradley, hes still a horrible coach

6/21/2009 4:37:52 PM

WOW!

6/21/2009 4:49:16 PM

Some of you people posted scenarios earlier this week that weren't even true. We are into the Semis vrs ESPANA! hola!!!!!

6/21/2009 5:20:34 PM

well i didnt expect the odds to happen at all, but i'll take it. hopefully they atleast show some heart and player better against better competition on wednesday

6/21/2009 5:23:20 PM

Of course this is the ONE game that ESPN has decided not to re-air.

6/21/2009 7:51:39 PM

Holy cow.

It's not very often that you're 3 points and 6 goals down on a team going into the final game, and you end up beating them out.

6/21/2009 8:06:25 PM

lol. good thing i decided to hang out with friends all day today....i didnt think i would miss anything special, haha

6/21/2009 10:32:28 PM

I'm not shocked at all. Brazil had scored no less than 3 goals on every team they played going into the final day and Egypt did give up 3 goals vs Brazil, so it's not like they have the best defense in the world. I noticed Gooch used his left foot to clear the ball once today. If he had done that vs Italy we probably would have tied.

6/21/2009 11:17:40 PM

i dont see how you aren't even a little shocked...i keep saying italy blow and are getting old (and i better not hear any other counter points cause this just proved it), but they did just win the world cup. and the usa...they have shown nothing impressive and other than the first 45 of the italy game, didnt even look like they wanted to be here. so i am very very very shocked...

a) when is the last time italy has been beaten this bad in a tournament?

and

b) when has the usa ever come up with a result with their backs completely against the wall?

[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 12:58 AM. Reason : s]

6/22/2009 12:57:30 AM

^I was half joking, but I knew Brazil had the talent to put 3 in the net I just figured we would win 2-0, or 2-1 IF we even managed to win.

6/22/2009 1:30:32 AM

man, the egyptian papers are blasting the Egyptian coach. He's getting skewered over the starting lineup, which had some of the weakest players on the team. He switched up after halftime but it was too late.

The US played really determined yesterday, you could see it, they wanted it more. Good win for US of A

6/22/2009 9:48:41 AM

Good win for USA. I don't think any one is delusional enough to expect a win versus Spain, but this buys another two games, as their is a 3rd place game. Should be good experience for the younger guys.

6/22/2009 3:18:26 PM

Quote :

"Should be good experience for the younger guys."

should be...

too bad Adu and Torres haven't seen any minutes yet... they probably will against RSA after Spain dismantles us


epic win but it's another example of winning in spite of our coach... 2 more horrible substitutions but at least he didn't bring on Beasley, I probably would have broken something. As horrible as Dempsey was all game against Egypt, he did score a sick 3rd goal on an awesome ball from Spector

6/22/2009 4:15:35 PM

The Charlie Davies goal was nice. It was just a hustle play all the way.

Dempsey once again proves his unpredictability by scoring a kickass header.

I didn't even know when this game was played because I didn't think we had a chance to move on.

6/22/2009 4:17:57 PM

^^I thought I was going to break something when he brought Connor Casey on, a fatter, slower, less-skilled Wayne Rooney.

6/22/2009 5:22:28 PM

^ hahahaha

Ditto.

On a side note, I get scared whenever the ball is within 10 yards of Spector.

6/22/2009 6:48:37 PM

v.

Wednesday, July 24th - Confederations Cup Semifinals
LIVE on ESPN/ESPNHD @ 2:30pm
Replay on ESPN2/ESPN2HD @ 11:00pm

Damn work...at least the 3rd/4th place game and Finals will both be on Sunday

[Edited on June 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM. Reason : ]

6/23/2009 11:28:17 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEGABOWL_II

6/24/2009 5:17:00 AM

haha so fucking stupid

the youtube preview is nice

6/24/2009 8:00:51 AM

If I had money to bet with I would be all over the Spain -1.5 line

6/24/2009 8:23:44 AM

tangential: is Spain's crest normally off-center like that?

6/24/2009 12:50:40 PM

can someone post a stream for today's game

6/24/2009 1:42:08 PM

http://atdhe.net/7638/

6/24/2009 1:43:08 PM

I'm ready to watch DeMarcus put on a show!

FWIW, my heartburn just started to flare up, which means he's probably starting.



[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM. Reason : s]

6/24/2009 2:02:41 PM

Looks like its:
Howard
DeMerit, Gooch, Boca, Spector
Dempsey, Bradley, Clark, Donovan
Davies and Altidore


Good to see Boca back in the starting lineup and glad Davies got the start again

6/24/2009 2:11:53 PM

1-Tim Howard
3-Carlos Bocanegra
5-Oguchi Onyewu
8-Clint Dempsey
9-Charlie Davies
10-Landon Donovan (capt.)
12-Michael Bradley
13-Ricardo Clark
15-Jay DeMerit
17-Jozy Altidore
21-Jonathan Spector





[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 2:13 PM. Reason : ^^]

6/24/2009 2:12:09 PM

lol don't worry, it's the same starting XI as the Egypt game except Boca for Bornstein at LB

I would have liked to see Dempsey up top with Jozy with Davies as a sub in the 2nd half and somebody like Torres or Feilhaber at RM. But I figured he'd go with the same lineup, which makes sense

6/24/2009 2:12:59 PM

Over/under 60 minutes for Jozy?

6/24/2009 2:27:04 PM

say no to racism guys.

6/24/2009 2:29:26 PM

bullshit yellow

6/24/2009 2:36:03 PM

This is why soccer is retarded, crying gives you an advantage.

6/24/2009 2:36:31 PM