Confederations Cup final: Brazil 3, United States 2 The Americans led 2-0 in this. No. Really. Led 2-0 at the half, and deserved it. But Brazil scored in the first 40 seconds of the second half, and probably everyone watching who has seen even a bit of soccer in his/her lifetime had to realize that […]

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Taking another shot at the live-blogging thing. Championship match of the Confederations Cup between the United States national team and Brazil, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lineups: U.S.: Tim Howard, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay DeMerit, Oguchi Onyewu, Jonathan Spector, Landon Donovan,  Benny Feilhaber, Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore. Brazil: Julio Cesar, Maicon, […]

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