USA plays for 2009 Confederations Cup

The United States defeated Spain, 2-nil. How about that.

In case you didn’t know, the United States just qualified for the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup by doing the unthinkable, holding Spain scoreless en route to a shocking 2-nil victory.

You read it, the United States soccer team just beat a bona fide football-crazy nation, beating Spain 2-0 in the Confederations Cup semifinals. Oh yeah, Spain is not just a football-crazy country by the way, Spain IS considered as the top-ranked country in the sport and for an American soccer team to go copping their asses like that was, fucking unbelievable, to say the least.

What’s even more shocking is the fact that the Americans were ready to go back home last weekend. Nobody saw that these guys will be able to come up with probably the biggest upset in sports since that United States hockey team shocked the Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

The Americans’ win over the Spain football team enabled the Red, White and Blue to reach it’s first FIFA final since starting play in 1916. Yup, it took them that long to finally stop making a fool of themselves on that pitch.

Jozy Altidore kicked it off with a goal on the 27th minute before Clint Dempsey added another on the 74th minute to help the U.S. become the first country to beat Spain since Romania back in 2006.

‘’It goes to show what hard work and commitment to each other can bring,’’ said U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard, who made eight saves as he frustrated David Villa and Fernando Torres.

‘’Sometimes football is a funny thing.’’

The United States will face either defending champion Brazil or host South Africa on this Sunday’s final and I reckon once that game is over, football won’t be funny to the Americans no more.

Which country will win the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

USA 4.00

Brazil 1.29

South Africa 17.00

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