Brazil, not giving up

The USA with all the upsets and ubelieveable luck headed into the FIFA Confederation Finals with a mindset of, "We have nothing to lose, all the pressure is on Brazil."

Well it turned out to be that was true, the U..S came out looking to put pressure on Brazil as they striked in the first 10 minutes going up 1-0.

At the 27th minute, the U.S. struck again with a Landon Donovan goal.

Heading into the halftime up 2-0, U.S. finally looked like they were a legit team that you had to give respect to.

Without hesitation Brazil came into the second half and scoring quickly in the first minute of playing.

Up 2-1, the the U.S. looked like they were loosing momentum of the game.

20 minutes later, Luis Fabinano scores his second goal of the game for brazil, tying the game.

With a 2-2 tie, U.S. lost all the momentum and looked very nervous as game continued.

As the game had 15 minutes left, Brazil scored their third goal in the second half off a corner kick.

Overall, U.S. looked so good in the first half, limiting Brazil's shot on goals and keeping Brazil's defense busy with their two goals.

Brazil never gave up at any second of the game, coming in the second half to score a quick one, after that first goal for Brazil, U.S. lost the game. I felt like Brazil regain their confidence and took over the game and played their game.

U.S has surpised many countries now, going into the FIFA World Cup next year, I think U.S. will be recieving respect from these teams like: Italy, Germany, Brazil and Spain.

Congratulations USA, you guys made a great run in the confederation cup even though people gave you guys no chance, including myself. You have gained much respect from the world and of your nation.

Great soccer playing

Wow! Where should I start.

Crazy day in the FIFA confederation qualifications in group B.

Okay let me set you guys up on the situations, Brazil was undefeated beating U.S. and Egypt so all they need was to play their last game and no matter the result they where in the next round.

Italy, beat the U.S. and lost a shocker to Egypt, so they had to win or tie their game and score one goal to advance.

Egypt, they had a one goal lead against Italy, if Italy lost, all Egypt had to do is hold off U.S even if they lost but if they lost it couldn't be more then two goals.

U.S., with TWO losses! Had ZERO chance of advancing going in today. They needed major help from Brazil and had to win their game against Egypt big time!

So what ended up happening today, Brazil beats Italy 3-0. U.S. beats Egypt 3-0, what does that mean?

U.S. advances with the odds against them!

Breaking down the games, Brazil came out very strong using their quick speed to put in two goals from Luis Fabiano and a own goal from Italy.

The U.S. took a 1-0 lead in the first from Charlie Davies, then two more in the second half.

So now the semifinals are set, Wendesday it will be Spain vs. U.S. at 2:25 p.m. EST and Brazil vs. South Africa on Thursday at 2:25 p.m. EST.

I predict Spain vs. Brazil in the finals, it's hard to pick for either team because I love both but all I know is that it will be an exciting match.