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OK just when many experts were writing off the United States as a force in world soccer they go and pull the upset of the year. This week the U.S. beat the #1 ranked team in the world Spain 2-0 to advance to Sunday’s Confederations Cup Final being played in Soccer City in Soweto, Johannesburg , South Africa the site of the up coming World Cup.
The Samba Boys from Brazil look to give the United States all they can handle but you can bet that on a slow sports Sunday that even the casual soccer fan will be watching ESPN or ESPN360 broadband for this historic title game.
Here is the recap of the big U.S.A. win over Spain from our friends at ESPN2
For more info: Brian Louie the Soccer Examiner, David Falk The Seattle Soccer Examiner and Jesse Baumgartner The National Soccer Examiner.