Sports Thread #1 for 6/18/09: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup- Brazil vs U.S. Game Thread

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Pivotal game for both teams of course. Hopefully no stupid red cards given out today by dumb referees today. And people don't give him enough credit, but Julio Cesar is one of the world's best keepers.

7' Felipe Melo scores off a terrific free kick from Maicon (he is great at that), and terrible defending by Jonathan Spector.

20' Terrible defending as Robinho handles business and makes it 2-0 Brazil.

Brazil went on to win 3-0 with the third coming from Maicon, and show once again how Bob Bradley leads the U.S. to mediocrity. And despite another referee pulling out an ill-advised, nonsensical red card, Sacha Kijestan again produced another dumb challenge just like Rico Clark did last game.

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