Team USA – Despite a Shaky Start, Bradley’s Boys Advance to Confederations Semis.
Charlie Davies Scored First for the US
Things did not start well for the USA soccer team at this year’s Confederations Cup, with the boys in the US soccer uniforms dropping the first two games of the competition and looking as though they may be down and out. The team really showed up to play against Egypt at the weekend though and with a little bit of help from Brazil find themselves in the semi finals against Spain on Wednesday.
Given the dismal performance of the US team so far in the competition it may be that Egypt, even without their star striker Mohamed Zidan, felt they had the semi final place in the bag already.
Early play was fairly even, with Charlie Davies striking first for the US in the 22nd minute. In the second half however, with the news that Brazil were decisively beating Italy 3-0, it seemed the Egyptians became confused as to whether they should attack or defend, as should the 1-0 score remain they would still advance on points.
The under dogs took advantage of the confusion of those in the red soccer uniforms and despite being denied a rather obvious penalty the US team added 2 goals in 30 minutes to advance at the expense of both Egypt and Italy.
The US now advance to face a strong Spanish team spear headed by the incredible David Villa, who has scored in each of the 3 matches that Spain have played so far. Villa has been much in the news this week outside of his amazing international performance. He is currently being courted by a number of uber rich club soccer sides vying to get the talented striker into their soccer uniform. Last week it seemed he would be leaving current club Valencia to join the increasingly expensive Real Madrid side, but Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City are all still in the hunt and Villa will make no decisions until the Confederations Cup is over.
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