USA! USA! USA!

We did it!!!!!

Congratulations on the United States for winning the Confederations Cup! This is a historic day for soccer in a country where soccer isn't even regarded as a major sport even though it's the number one sport in the world. Finally, we are on the map and proving that we can compete with the likes of Spain and Brazil. All of those years I played soccer in high school really helped me appreciate what an accomplishment this was. I am so proud to be from the United States!!!

Oh shit! What? We fuckin lost? Didn't we have a 2-0 lead at halftime? Isn't that like having a 20 point lead in basketball going into the 4th quarter, where all you have to do is play tight defense and mount little spurts of offense to seal the game? Wow, what a kick in the nuts this was for US soccer. Coming off a statement game (beating Spain in the semifinals), the US did have a lot of momentum and confidence against Brazil, even though Brazil spanked them 3-0 about 2 weeks ago. So things really looked bright when we, not only went up 1-0 on a Dempsey score, but 2-0 on Donovan's goal. At that point you gotta think "wow, this one is in the bag" because it usually is.

2nd Place is the first loser.

Well, not to be outdone by the Washington Nationals bullpen, the US then promptly started blowing the lead by allowing a goal 1 minute into the second half. Talk about momentum killer. This then led to the US team playing tentative the rest of the half, while Brazil was on the attack from the outset. As soon as Brazil scored the equalizer in the 73th minute, you knew it was over. The US team had the "Manning Face" at that point and it showed when Brazil scored again in the 83th minute to put the game away. Oh well, nice try team USA. You made it further than anyone thought you were going to make it anyway.

We lost to a team who has a guy named "Kaka".

To be fair though, these guys from other countries have been playing this shit all their lives and will probably get murdered if they don't win anything. And that's why I'm proud to be from the good ole U-S of A.