On Sunday June 21st -  The USA were facing sure elmination unless they beat Egypt and would need Brazil to beat Italy. On top of that.. they would need a 6 goal swing in their favor to edge Italy for 2nd place. it would be an understatement but the odds were surely against them. It all happened.. amazing sport this football is.  Italy got treated some humble pie by the confident Brazilians as they took one of their biggest losses - going down 3-0 by half time.. The scoreline remained the same by end of regulation time. The USA unaware of the results in the Brazil vs Italy game decided to take things into their own hands and played Egypt off the park. Egypt looked defeated and frustrated while the US were playing with hunger and confidence. Perhaps it was the loss of the prolific Egyptian Zidan or perhaps the goalie was shook up with that gash to his head.. but by the end of the 90 Minutes.. the USA were up 3-0 against Egypt and Brazil were up 3-0 against Italy.  3 crucial points for USA and 6 swing goals in their favor. Qualification to the semi-finals secured.  A match scheduled with Spain on June 24th for a chance to knock the top World team out of the tournament.

Again the odds will be against the USA as they play on Wednesday June 24th Spain vs USA Live at 14:30 EST

Spain have just set a world record by going on a 15 game winning streak and have not lost a game since November of 2006. Boosted by the confidence of winning the Euro 2008 cup, having Barcelona winning the Champions League, a return of champion coach Del Bosque to the squad and massive amounts of confidence - it is no wonder the bookies will be favoring Spain on all fronts. But this is football my friends.. Watch USA vs Spain Live on June 24th, 2009.