did anyone catch/follow the brave young men of the U-S of America on the y-day? to be fair, we all wrote them off, I did, I admit it, but they deserve to move on- recap: States needed a win in their 3rd of 3 group matches in the FIFA Confederations Cup (which is, for the most part, a warm up/precursor to next summer's World Cup Finals taking place in South Africa) - they lost, embarrassingly in their first 2 group matches to Italy & Brazil. but it was one of those situations where they needed to beat the team they were playing, in this case the African Champions Egypt, by at least 3 goals to nil & have Brazil beat Italy by at least 3 goals. & then of course the sun & moon had to perfectly line up & form a rainbow on the field. Final score of both matches,....?

3-0

States go through/quite exciting & epic if I do say so myself. What exactly does this mean for the Americans?

Well, not a whole lot. But it does (somewhat) prove a point to the rest of the world, mostly that when they want to, they can play with the world's best & even typing that I chuckle a little, but for heaven's sake, they finally played with a little heart & didn't embarrass themselves & we should all be a little proud of them for not totally throwing in the towel & even if Euro snobs like me want to see football (soccer) grow in this country, which I do, I truly believe it's going to start with the men's national team & not (the woeful) MLS. however, that's a debate for another day.

USA will play the (current) best team in the world on Wednesday, Spain. If they lose, they'll get a shot at the 3rd place game on Sunday, probably against South Africa. Spain are likely to meet Brazil in the final, which will be such an absolute treat of attacking football, I do believe my TV could possibly melt.

any-old, I'll be poor & alone in Lexington starting Tuesday night since my little b-ster is leaving me, here's to the microwave.