10:14am Monday 22nd June 2009
By Anthony Matthews
Jay DeMerit will now have the task of trying to stop David Villa, Fernando Torres and co after his USA side surprisingly reached the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup in South Africa.
Despite losing their opening two games, the Americans produced a superb display to beat Egypt 3-0 and that result, combined with Brazil’s 3-0 victory over World Cup winners Italy, means they progress to meet Spain in Wednesday’s first last four clash in Bloemfontein.
But the Americans’ task now looks to be a huge one.
The European Champions not only set a world record of 15 consecutive international wins by beating hosts South Africa 2-0 to reach the semi-finals, but have also equalled Brazil’s all-time record of 35 matches unbeaten.
The Hornets’ centre-half once again played the full 90 minutes as his side bounced back from their previous defeats against Italy (3-1) and Brazil (3-0) to secure their unlikely progress through goals from Charlie Davies, Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey.
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