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Spain 0-2 USA (Saj Chowdhury , 6/24/09, BBC)

USA caused one of the biggest surprises in Confederations Cup history by beating European champions Spain to reach the Sunday's final.

Jozy Altidore scored the opener when he turned his marker Joan Capdevila to fire in from 15 yards.

Fulham's Clint Dempsey doubled the lead when he converted Landon Donovan's pass from close range.

Tim Howard saved from Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas before USA's Michael Bradley saw red for a tackle of Xavi.

Onyewu and Demerit were just monsters again--the former hasn't lost a ball in the air in two games. And they held the 1-0 lead long enough that even Bradley had Feilhaber on and Dempsey replacing Davies in front. Then it was a matter of holding on for dear life. The red card--which was ridiculous--compounded matters.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 24, 2009 3:38 PM