The Wall Street Journal on what an awesome but crushing loss USA vs. Brazil turned out to be.

We Believed, Then Brazil Pounced

(Via Tim, via Facebook)

Tags: Brazil, confederations cup, south africa, USA

We won! We won! No seriously, we won. The US scored a huge upset today by defeating the #1 team in the world, ESPANA! The win (thanks to goals from Jozy Altidore & Clint Dempsey) means our guys advance to the finals of the FIFA Confederations Cup where they’ll face either Brazil or host country South Africa.

US v Spain Highlights

Last week, the US need a stars-and-moons-aligned miracle just to get out of the group stage and now they’re playing in the finals. Man, I love soccer.

Tags: Brazil, clint dempsey, confederations cup, jozy altidore, south africa, Spain, USA

Somewhere in between fighting pirates and watching the world crumble through a window in the Oval Office, Barack Obama found the time this week to reach across one cold, choppy aisle, and try to bring some more footy into our lives. 

That’s right, everyone’s favorite superhero president sent a letter to FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter requesting that ugly Americans be given another chance to view the beautiful game on their home soil. Preferably in 2018 or 2022.

For the record this is 100% what I too would be doing if I couldn’t solve the financial crisis.

Tags: Brazil, new york times, obama, south africa, World Cup