VIDEO: Brazil vs. USA, Confederations Cup 6/28/09

What a game! Here are the highlights of one for the ages, much as we enjoyed seeing America's run, it seems only right for Brasil to take this one home.

VIDEO: Brazil vs. USA, Confederations Cup 6/28/09
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Producing the best soccer it has played in recent memory, the United States men's national team came within a whisker Sunday of pulling off its second staggering international soccer upset in just five days.

After shutting out Spain, the world's No. 1-ranked team, 2-0, in midweek, the U.S. was leading Brazil by the same score at halftime in the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Americans still held a 2-1 advantage with less than 20 minutes remaining. A 10th-minute goal by Clint Dempsey off a cross by Jonathan Spector and a 27th-minute goal by Landon Donovan after a give-and-go exchange of passes with Charlie Davies had the Brazilians back on their heels.

VIDEO: Brazil vs. USA, Confederations Cup 6/28/09