USA Shock Spain to Stop Record Run

Wow! The United States have just beaten Spain, the current European Champions, in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Yes, that's soccer. The USA are not bad at soccer, let's be fair, but that is still a huge shock. Indeed, Jozy Altidore, who opened the scoring, cannot get a regular game in La Liga.

Spain were going for a record unbeaten run of 36 matches. That's what makes the result so remarkable. After all, the USA have a pretty good tournament record.

So what happened?

Was it all the talk of the record?

Was it just something that had to happen at some point?

Did the US get the tactical game right, or did Spain fail to perform?

Have the US shown the way for other teams to beat the Spaniards?

Or is this the result of a long season for most of the Spanish players, with too many games under their belts?

More to the point... ...will it even register on the back pages in the States? It would be a real shame if it didn't.



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Rob Robson
Co-founder, iStadia.com