U.S. versus Brazil play-by-play
sports.espn.go.com 6/17/2009 — Play-by-play We're a few minutes from kickoff. The teams are walking onto the field for the national anthems. The U.S. is 1-12-0 (W-L-T) all-time ...

No Award for Donovan, Bias at Play?
matchfitusa.com 6/29/2009 — If you stuck with ESPN during the post-match festivities yesterday, perhaps in a mild catatonic state of shock as I was, you might have noticed that Clint Dempsey received the "Bronze Ball", the...

Dempsey v. Donovan: Who's The Best American Player?
matchfitusa.blogspot.com 3/25/2009 — A couple of days ago, I put up a quick poll on who you guys believe is currently the best American player (non-goalie). Although the number of votes was fairly minimal, I think the exercise did its...

Brazil 3 USA 2: US Choke In First Major Final
thethirdhalf.org 6/28/2009 — The US were forty-five minutes from an impossible double inside four days. Instead they leave the Confederations Cup asking themselves 'what if'? After Dempsey and Donovan gave the US the most improbable of leads, Luis Fabiano got Brazil back into...

Confederations Cup: USA vs Brazil: Key match ups
soccerblog.com 6/28/2009 — Kaka vs Landon Donovan On the face of it. No comparison. Real's $90 million for the Brazilian to $1 million for Donovan's DP status at the Galaxy. However, when it comes to influencing their national squads, Donovan's role is far more important. In this match itself, Donovan has to ...

Dempsey and Donovan: Not Great Together?
matchfitusa.com 6/19/2009 — It's Friday, and little of note is likely to happen today, so forgive me if I've let my mind wander a bit. But everyone's favorite Euro snob, the man Ginge, suggested something intriguing on this...

Confederations Cup: Have we been too hard on Clint Dempsey?
soccerbyives.net 6/23/2009 — Photo by ISIphotos.com When rating the players for the 2009 Confederations Cup, the newly-created Castrol Player Rating Index has taken into account all aspects of player activity, providing us ...

Brazilian blowback ends American dream
soccerphile.blogspot.com 6/28/2009 — FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Johannesburg BRAZIL 3:2 USA USA - Dempsey 10' USA - Donovan 27' BRA- Luis Fabiano 46' BRA- Luis Fabiano 74' BRA- Lucio 84' Brazil retained the Confederations Cup after a real game of two halves at Ellis Park saw the United States take a shock 2-0 lead ...

U.S. loses 3-2 heartbreaker to Brazil
blogs.nypost.com 6/29/2009 — With a stunning 2-0 halftime lead over Brazil in the Confederations Cup final, the U.S. was a few naïve moments from their first major title, a few tired legs away from taking a victory lap and taking their place among soccer elite. What they got ...

Reviewing the U.S. performance
sports.espn.go.com 6/29/2009 — I'd said before the Confederations Cup final in which the U.S. lost to Brazil 3-2, that win or lose, it was important for the U.S. to play in a fashio...

Brazil 3, U.S. 2: U.S. Lets Confederations Cup Slip Away — NYT > Soccer 6/28/2009
The United States led, 2-0, at halftime, before the 5-time World Cup winner stormed back and won the Confederations Cup final.