U.S.A. Advances to Confederations Cup Semis

I know what you're thinking, good joke on the headline. But the headline is actually correct.

If you are not following the Confederations Cup, it is an international soccer tournament in which the U.S.A. was placed in Pool B along with Italy, Brazil, and Egypt.

I think that ESPN.com said it best, "The U.S. came from a near impossible position to claim a Confederations Cup semi-final berth on Sunday."

It sure was "near impossible." The United States needed to win their game against Egypt by at least three goals, and have Brazil beat Italy by at least three goals. When the task was presented yesterday to Team U.S.A., players could not have honestly believed that the job could be done, especially because they had been outscored six goals to one through their first two games (0-2), in last place in the pool, and Egypt was waiting for them with a 1-1 record.

But goals by Charlie Davies in the 21st minute, Michael Bradley in the 63rd minute, and Clint Dempsey in the 71st minute along with a shutout by goaltender by Brad Guzan made it happen.

Team U.S.A. will join Spain, South Africa, and Brazil in the final four. They will need a ton of more magic to get through these teams, but today they have made believers out of many American soccer fans.