World Football Team Of The Week: #17 = June 22–28

What a week of excit­ing foot­ball action, MLS, Superliga, Recopa Sudamer­i­cana, Copa Lib­er­ta­dores, Asian Cham­pi­ons League, and of course FIFA Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup. You know sum­mer­time is just as busy as the fall, spring, and win­ter in foot­ball. Thank­fully for us foot­ball lovers, its a year round sport. It was hard to choose a TOW because of the amount of action going around but we chose a wor­thy side. Remem­ber that the World Cup Buzz Team Of The Week played matches and/or made head­lines dur­ing the cal­en­dar week of June 22–28:

The win­ner is:

UNITED STATES NATIONAL TEAM

The United States national team made huge strides with their play in the 2009 Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup. On the 24th, the Amer­i­cans stunned the world with their 2–0 semi­fi­nal win against Spain. Goals by Jozy Alti­dore & Clint Dempsey ended Spain’s record unbeaten & win­ning streak. It was the great­est win in US Soc­cer his­tory. In the final against Brazil, the US seemed to have repeated the Spain result when they were ahead of Brazil, 2–0 at half­time. How­ever a bril­liant 2nd half Brazil come­back ended US hopes of their 1st FIFA non-CONCACAF title with a 3–2 loss. The fact that the US held their own against the best two teams in the world is enough to give the United States National Team the award as World Cup Buzz Team Of The Week.

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